This is a hard choice. We believe in foreign aid – but we have to make cuts. We must keep the UK safe | David Lammy

Keir Starmer ’s commitment to dramatically raise defence spending shows his leadership through the fog.

The UK has not reached a defence spending level of 2.5% of GDP since Labour was last in government.

We will deliver the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the cold war because we are party of defence.