Britain will boost its defence spending to 2.5 percent of national output by the end of the decade.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the pledge when meeting with secretary general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. The rise in spending will equate to £78 billion and dwarfs NATO contributions from countries like Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
UK correspondent Rod Liddle tells Roman Travers that Sunak prefaced his arguments saying we live in an “increasingly dangerous world”.
Meanwhile, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner faces more trouble as deputy PM Oliver Dowden has suggested she resign over the row surrounding her council house.
Rayner has been accused of lying about her former home, which she bought using a right to buy scheme before selling it eight years later for a £48,500 profit. There is confusion over whether the property was indeed her principal residence, leading to questions over whether she avoided capital gains tax.
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