Categories Selected Articles UK defence spending to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, PM Starmer says Post author By Post date February 25, 2025 Spread the love British defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, setting out the country’s biggest sustained increase in its defence budget since the end of the Cold War. Spread the love ← UK to hike defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 → UK to target 3% of GDP for defence spending, to cut aid budget