Categories Selected Articles UK defence spending to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, PM Starmer says Post author By Mike Nova Post date February 25, 2025 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. ← 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