Defence spending 'has to rise to 3%'

A RETIRED Army colonel says the UK must "take up the gauntlet" after Sir Keir Starmer said he is willing to put British troops in Ukraine.

- James Knuckey

Former commander of Royal Tank Regiment Hamish de Bretton-Gordon told the Daily Express the UK needs to take on the responsibility with Donald Trump "appearing to throw us under a Russian bus".

He warned this would require greater defence spending beyond the Government's new target of 2.5% of GDP. The Prime Minister is said to have resisted calls to increase spending beyond this figure.

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