Around £6bn per year will be taken out of the aid budget and transferred over to pay for defence. That amounts to a reduction in aid spending from 0.5% of GDP - a measure of the size of the UK economy - to 0.3%. Previously, the UK was mandated by law to spe...
And while backing the huge list of UK measures, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News Mr Putin "doesn't care" about the heavy sanctions being imposed on Russia across the world. There are ways Russia can try to bypass the effects of sanctions, for example...
The UK is the second largest spender on defence after the USA in the alliance, and agrees with President Trump that the non US partners need to make a larger contribution to their own defence than they have been doing. The UK has agreed to spend 2% of its GDP on defence, which means ...
That one came for free, unlike his promise to increase UK defence spending, which comes at a high cost both financially and politically. He’s come in for some stick over his claim that bunging the figure up to three per cent of the nation’s wealth in the next parliament will cost mo...
The internet is full of debates on “body count,” but why does it matter? Let’s talk about pair bonding. It’s a natural process where two people come together and develop a deep, enduring attachment. The fewer partners a woman has had, the more intact her ability to pair bond with...
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Congratulating the president-elect on his decisive win, Starmer posted on X that he looked forward to a collaborative partnership with Trump "As the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise," he commented, adding,...
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