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Starmer’s pledges to Nato on defence are no more than creative accounting
Much of the supposed ‘increase’ is just a case of renaming existing spending
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telegraph.co.uk
Why Nato’s spending plans don’t add up
Talks in the Netherlands will focus on a pledge to increase defence spending to 5pc of GDP
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Starmer’s pledges to Nato on defence are no more than creative accounting
Much of the supposed ‘increase’ is just a case of renaming existing spending
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Starmer accused of ‘smoke and mirrors’ over £40bn defence pledge
PM will not announce any new money for troops when he sets out plans to meet a Nato target
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Households face ‘a lot more’ tax rises after defence pledge
Threat of higher burden as Starmer prepares to commit to spending 5pc of GDP on national security
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Elect me twice more and I’ll sort out our defences, says Starmer
The 3.5/1.5 split will see British-style creative accounting across the Alliance
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independent.co.uk
Trump praises Nato leaders’ ‘historic’ agreement to hike defence spending
Prime minister Keir Starmer said this week’s Nato summit had sent a ‘decisive message to aggressors’ as allies pledged to ramp up their defence spending
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theguardian.com
Note to Starmer and the other sabre-rattlers. Why spend billions on weapons – soft power would keep us safe | Simon Jenkins
With hawks on one side and doves on the other, we ignore the obvious fact that engagement is the best defence against conflict, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins