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Starmer vows to ‘spend more’ on UK defence but other areas face cuts

Departments asked to model savings of up to 11% as government battles chronic squeeze on public finances
UK troops on a training exercise in Kenya

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to “spend more” on defence, even as the Treasury told ministers running other departments to model for budget cuts of up to 11 per cent in the coming months.

“Part of my message to our European allies is that we’ve all got to step up on both capability and on spending and funding,” the UK prime minister said on Monday. “That includes the UK, which is why I’ve made that commitment to spend more.”

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