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UK govt slashes aid budget to pay for rise in defence spending

By Frank Prenesti

Date: Tuesday 25 Feb 2025

(Sharecast News) - Britain's international aid budget is being slashed to fund an increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from 2027, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.


In a statement to the House of Commons ahead of his visit to Washington this week to meet...

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