Keir Starmer Braces For Rough Nato Summit As Trump Laments UK's 'Weak Leaders'

Britain is expecting to get a slap on the wrist from the US after failing to meet Trump's defence spending target.

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Keir Starmer is preparing for a dressing down from Donald Trump at his last Nato summit as prime minister over the government’s underwhelming defence spending plans.

The PM will fly to Ankara in Turkey a week after unveiling the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP).

Although it contained an extra £15 billion for the armed forces over the next four years, nearly one-third of it is unfunded, while there was no pathway for how the government plans to hit its target of spending 3.5% of national income on defence by 2035.

Starmer insisted that, once security spending is added, Britain will........

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