Safe and Secure: Labour Aims to Raise Defence Spending to 2.5%
Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, proposes to increase the defence budget to 2.5% in his ambition to ‘keep Britain safe.’
Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, proposes to increase the defence budget to 2.5% in his ambition to ‘keep Britain safe.’

Hunt primarily proposed his bold vision for the economy and highlighted the value of investing in life sciences and the NHS especially during its time of crisis.
How has Labour proposed they will fund their pledges?
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