So Trump's return puts this question right to the top of the list. The UK government does plan, eventually, to hit the target ...

Britain's government spending will increase by almost 70 billion billion pounds ($91 billion) - just over 2% of economic ...

Darren Jones said it will depend on the outcome of the strategic defence review, which is currently under way.

The City of London is braced for a Budget that one fund manager said would be “the most consequential in at least 20 years”.

Concerns about the next US president's commitment to NATO have been raised after he repeatedly complained about the alliance ...

Chief Secretary to the Treasury repeatedly does not give a timeline on ‘essential’ military spending target ...

Sir Keir Starmer is set to reveal plans to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP within weeks of Donald Trump ...

The Labour Party is betting that extra spending on public services and more investment will eventually revitalize the country ...

The net effect of Reeves’ tax and spending plans leaves her hitting her main fiscal rule with a margin of £9.9 billion to ...

Before the October 2024 Budget, UK government spending on health was high, by various measures, but there were also good reasons to believe that it was not high enough to meet demand. This explainer ...

Staggering government spending has become the norm since the pandemic ... budget deficits have risen to worrying levels in countries such as the US, the UK and France leading to a series of fiscal ...

Presenter Trevor Phillips has called out Labour’s spending on defence as worries over Donald Trump’s international policy ...