Starmer to urge Nato members to boost defence spending amid UK review

Starmer to urge Nato members to boost defence spending amid UK review

In first international trip since entering No 10, PM visits Washington for alliance’s 75th-anniversary summit

Keir Starmer will call on Nato countries to increase defence spending in response to rising global threats as he launches a major review setting out UK plans to spend tens of billions of pounds extra on the military.

The prime minister will use Nato’s 75th-anniversary summit in Washington, his first international trip since winning power, to underline Britain’s “cast-iron” commitment to the defence alliance.

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