LONDON: Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that Britain would spend almost £300 billion ($397 billion) over the next four years to modernize its armed forces amid rising threats. Starmer, expected to leave office next month after losing the support of Labour MPs, announced that the overall defense budget would increase by £15 billion over the next four years to almost £300 billion, as he launched his long-awaited 10-year Defense Investment Plan.

The new defence investment plan has allocated £14.5bn to fund Britain’s defence, still falling well short of the £28bn officials previously said was needed

The Prime Minister said the defence investment plan will keep the country 'safe and secure long into the future' with £5billion to ramp up the UK’s use of drones and autonomous…

Plano de expansão de R$ 102 bi é última grande ação do premiê Keir Starmer, que está deixando o cargo