British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to boost overall defence and security spending to 5% of economic output by 2035 to meet a NATO target, with his government warning it must "actively prepare ...

Boost to British businesses from contracts won through Safe project will require London to make financial contribution, diplomats say ...

The fund forms part of a broader EU effort to mobilize 800 billion euros ($864 billion) in new defense spending by 2030, ...

Will soaring expenditure on defence be a boon for the economy? That’s what politicians are telling voters. But is it really ...

The EU will make the UK pay a percentage of the value of any weapons bought from UK companies through a Brussels-led defence ...

Keir Starmer's decision to cut humanitarian aid in order to fund military spending is already having a deeply damaging impact, argues Iain Overton ...

The move - part of a new spending pledge by the NATO alliance - has been panned as deceptive "smoke and mirrors" by critics.

LIVE – Updated at 21:30. Sir Keir Starmer has revealed the largest increase in defence spending since the Cold War in his military plan amid warnings the UK faces a “new era of threat”.

Britain borrowed more than expected in June as a jump in inflation pushed up the government's debt costs, adding to speculation about the need for new tax hikes by finance minister Rachel Reeves later ...

The UK National Audit Office (NAO) has detailed the challenges faced by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy (RN) in ...