Starmer hits out at ‘tyrant’ Putin and commits to UK defence spending boost - Increase in defence spending means £13.4 billion more on defence every year from 2027, PM said

Sir Keir Starmer slashed the aid budget to fund a dramatic increase in defence spending in response to “tyrant” Vladimir Putin and uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s commitment to European security. The Prime Minister said spending on defence would rise from its current 2.3% share of the economy to 2.5% in 2027.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that Russia has a weak hand in talks to end the Ukraine war and could be pushed into making concessions.

Starmer hikes defence spending to 2.5% ahead of crunch meeting with Trump - Labour PM cuts foreign aid funding as he prepares to fly to Washington to meet the US President who has piled pressure on Br

GB News presenter Ben Leo paused the programme to announce that Keir Starmer had launched an "explosive" attack on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

NATO forces have been forced to scramble their warplanes in Poland after Vladimir Putin unleashed nuclear-capable bombers on Ukraine. The Russian onslaught comes after the US flew their own B-52

Jeremy Clarkson has insisted he’d rather see Vladimir Putin in charge of the UK than Sir Keir Starmer. The former Grand Tour presenter, who has been a vocal critic of the current Prime Minister, has blasted the politician and claimed convicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda is the only person he’d place lower on the list.