Sir ker stormer Promised UK will spend 5 percent Gross domestic product On national Security And protect By 2035.
The announcement comes as the declaration A new NATO deal Before joining leaders protect Block summit in Hague.
5 percent figure was demanded Donald Trump, Who has insisted that Europe needs to stop relying on America for defense spending.
However, Downing Street has continued to say that the original objective of 3 percent on defense after the next election remains only an “ambition”, which questions whether the new commitment can bear the cost.
Sir Keir mentions that 5 percent will be the highest ratio of the GDP spent by the UK on the end of World War II and follows them after expressing the ambition to reach 3 percent on defense in the last month’s Strategic Defense Review (SDR).
It also comes as dangers Vladimir Putin’s Russia continues to grow in Ukraine And in position The Middle East continues to spiral out of control.
As Sir Keir, President Trump and other leaders gather in the Hague, with the Iranian attacks on Qatar as well as the decision of President Trump on Israel, there have been reports of the possible nuclear weapons of Tehran rule over the weekend.
Sir Kir said: “We should navigate this era of radical uncertainty with clarity of national interest to provide protection to working people and protect them.
“Therefore I have made a commitment to spend 5 percent of the GDP on national security. This is an opportunity to deepen our commitment. NATO And invest more and more in the country’s comprehensive security and flexibility.
“Finally, economic security is national security, and through this strategy we will bring the whole society with us, create jobs, development and wages for working people – directed by my plan for change.”
The new 5 percent commitment on national security includes the expected division of 3.5 percent on core defense and 1.5 percent on flexibility and security, to agree with the target date of 2035 at the NATO summit.
However, already Spain, which spends only 1.7 percent on defense, has interacted with a carving itself by agreement.
There is a pledge to complete NATO’s commitment at 5 percent as the government today publishes its national security strategy, attracts all the safety works since the general election together, with the tireless discovery of British interests as its founding principle.
Under NATO’s new estimate, the UK is expected to reach at least 4.1 percent of GDP in 2027 if national security costs are added to defense.
All colleagues will review the projection and balance of expenses between defense and comprehensive national flexibility in 2029, when NATO reviews its capacity plans next time.
With the support of national security strategy, academics and other technical experts, the fact that the UK must be more competitive and stronger in important areas such as science, education, trade and marginal technology – or the risk is falling behind.
The government’s industrial strategy will invest £ 86 billion in research and development to increase the increase in technologies that will reduce our future economic and military competition.