Keir Starmer heads to Washington with U.K. defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine

27-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 16

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer was flying to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will help persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain support for Ukraine as Washington pushes to end the war.

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