A Labour minister refused to say when Labour would hit 2.5% defence spending. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson was ...

Raising UK defence spending to 2.5 per cent of national income is “ambitious”, a cabinet minister has insisted as the ...

With the US increasingly focused on China, the rest of NATO needs to do more of the heavy lifting to confront the Russian ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that Ireland's defence budget should reach the highest level possible of around €3 billion in ...

The UK currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence. According to the Ministry of Defence's most recent annual report, this equated to £53.9bn of spending in the 2023/24 financial ...

Military budgets in Africa vary as governments allocate funds to national security and strategic defence. Increased spending ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson sought to manage expectations ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the US.

Sir Keir Starmer is considering boosting defence spending sooner than previously thought as he prepares for talks with Donald Trump this week ...

As governments across Europe ratchet up defence spending, money managers who previously judged the sector too controversial ...

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to confirm a timeline to raise defence spending and give Donald Trump an invitation for a state ...

An international relations professor is warning China's activity in the Tasman Sea shows it wants to establish a permanent ...

Rachel Reeves is fast-tracking the overhaul of ethical investment rules that are starving Britain’s defence sector of ...