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HEALEY SAYS IN A LETTER THAT PM STARMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMMIT TO RESOURCES TO DEFEND THE UK

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“HEALEY SAYS IN A LETTER THAT PM STARMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMMIT RESOURCES NEEDED TO DEFEND UK”

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UK pledged to spend 2% of GDP on defence at NATO's 2014 Wales Summit.

NATO adopted the 2% GDP defence target in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea. The UK has repeatedly risked breaching this threshold, making Healey's warning about resource gaps especially pointed.

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