Starmer’s comments come before visit to Barrow, where he is to promise nuclear deterrent is ‘bedrock’ of security plan
Labour will aim to raise the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as resources allow”, its leader Keir Starmer has said.
Speaking to the i newspaper, Starmer said defence was “the number one issue for any government” in a world where international threats had risen and the situation was “more volatile” than it had been for many years.
