{"id":55688,"date":"2026-06-30T19:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/defence-investment-plan-will-the-uks-plan-for-defence-help-it-hit-natos-spending-target\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:22:35","slug":"defence-investment-plan-will-the-uks-plan-for-defence-help-it-hit-natos-spending-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/defence-investment-plan-will-the-uks-plan-for-defence-help-it-hit-natos-spending-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Investment Plan: Will the UK’s plan for defence help it hit Nato’s spending target?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In February 2025 Sir Keir committed to raising Nato-qualifying defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.<\/p>\n

The prime minister also announced that the activities of the UK’s security and intelligence agencies would – by 2027 – be classified as Nato-qualifying defence spending. As a result spending would hit 2.6% of GDP by 2027.<\/p>\n

The prime minister also stated a “clear ambition” to increase spending to 3% of GDP “in the next parliament”.<\/p>\n

At a Nato summit in the Hague in June 2025 the UK and other members committed to spend 5% of GDP on defence and security with 3.5% going to Nato-qualifying “core defence” by 2035.<\/p>\n

The alliance’s members agreed that the rest of the 5% (1.5% of GDP) could be made up of spending to “protect critical infrastructure, defend networks, ensure civil preparedness and resilience, innovate, and strengthen the defence industrial base”.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir said on Tuesday that the measures in the DIP “takes us to 4.2% under that commitment”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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