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Does Starmer’s ‘cast-iron’ defence spending pledge mean anything?

11 July 2024

12:34 AM

11 July 2024

12:34 AM

When the agenda for this week’s Nato summit in Washington DC was announced, one of the items on it was funding for the alliance. This was no surprise: the need to financially supporting Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022 and the possibility of a second Trump presidency leading to a lower US commitment have brought the issue of money into sharp focus.

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