PM warns of ‘era of radical uncertainty’ – and says UK will increase defence spending

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK is set to increase spending on defence, security and resilience to 5% of GDP by 2035 to meet an “era of radical uncertainty” – but without promising any additional cash. The move – part of a new spending pledge by the NATO alliance – was panned as deceptive “smoke and mirrors” by critics, who pointed to the very real risk of escalating conflict between Iran, the US and Israel, as well as Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Sky News the timeline for the increase was “very slow” and warned Russia could…