As Nato leaders meet to agree big increases in targets for defence spending, some of them haven't yet met the existing ones.

Talks in the Netherlands will focus on a pledge to increase defence spending to 5pc of GDP

Britain and its NATO allies will increase defense spending by at much as 5% of GDP in the next decade, officials have announced.

NATO meets for its annual summit this week, and the U.S. is pushing for allies to sharply increase their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product.

Nato is due to gather in The Hague tomorrow evening amid chaos in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

NATO allies have reportedly agreed to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. One chart shows what a big ask that is.

The announcement comes ahead of a two-day Nato summit in the Netherlands.

Keir Starmer will join fellow leaders from the military alliance in The Hague after signing up to the goal of spending 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence.

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.

The US has been pressuring its allies to adopt new targets for defence spending in response to the Russian threat.

As Nato leaders meet to agree big increases in targets for defence spending, some of them haven't yet met the existing ones.

The spending target the military alliance just agreed on is unlikely to be met by all countries, but experts say some members are moving to bolster their defenses in case of a…

NATO members have been facing pressure, particularly from ally Washington, to more than double their defense spending target.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been exercising pressure for NATO allies to increase their defense spending across both of his terms in office.

The 32 leaders also said they were reaffirming their "ironclad commitment to collective defence".

The move will come into effect by 2035 and follows long-term pressure from President Trump.

Alliance to ‘reaffirm’ support for Ukraine and pledged ‘ironclad commitment to collective defence’ spelled out in the defence partnership’s article 5.

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

The bloc agrees to boost spending to 5% of GDP, but Spain, Belgium and Slovakia say they will struggle to meet target.

The decision by NATO members on Wednesday to spend five percent of their GDP on defence could shift budget priorities.

The alliance’s spending surge will prompt war, cut services and worsen the climate crisis.