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Politics LIVE: Starmer to make major announcement as huge defence plan revealed

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will jet to the Hague on Tuesday for a crunch NATO summit.

Nato leaders, including Donald Trump, are set to meet for a two-day summit, with increased defence spending top of the agenda.

The UK and its NATO allies have agreed to increase spending on defence and related areas to 5% of GDP by 2035.

Ambassadors of all 32 alliance member states signed off on the new spending pledge ahead of the major summit of leaders, including President Trump. The Government is set to publish its national security strategy on Tuesday too.

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