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Defence spending has to go up, but siphoning money from international aid is a self-defeating folly

It comes after Donald Trump claimed Volodymyr Zelensky is ‘not ready for peace’, in an extraordinary confrontation between the two leaders

The Government will ‘only ever sign’ agreements that align with the UK’s interests, Downing Street has said.

It is unclear what the Prime Minister is using to claim that the increase would be £13.4 billion per year.

Downing Street said it was right for the new US administration to look at the agreement, which was agreed under Donald Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden.

It was a by-election that caused a political earthquake. In 1981, Shirley Williams changed the temperature in Westminster when the new Social Democratic Party triumphed in the once true blue seat of Crosby. Months before, her fellow Gang of Four member Roy Jenkins had come tantalisingly close to winning a…

Contact could unsettle some in Labour given her past record on the issue including criticism of Lammy report

UK defence spending will rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, the prime minister has announced. Sir Keir Starmer made the announcement in an unexpected Commons

Starmer’s spokesperson says US intervention ‘could bring lasting peace’ as No 10 treads carefully before White House visit

Security minister Dan Jarvis appeared to suggest there could be a path back into the forum for Russia as part of Ukraine peace talks.

UK prime minister and French president will separately meet Donald Trump this week