Threat of higher burden as Starmer prepares to commit to spending 5pc of GDP on national security

Much of the supposed ‘increase’ is just a case of renaming existing spending

But Downing Street will not say how the new NATO commitment demanded by Donald Trump will be paid for by the UK taxpayer

PM will not announce any new money for troops when he sets out plans to meet a Nato target

The PM will join fellow Nato leaders in The Hague today after signing up to the goal of spending 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence.

Threat of higher burden as Starmer prepares to commit to spending 5pc of GDP on national security

IFS director Paul Johnson warned that the £30bn increase in defence spending would need to be funded by tax rises