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The Starmer Government is the current government of the United Kingdom, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and formed by the Labour Party since 5 July 2024. It succeeded the Sunak Government.
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Opposition is to maintaining aid spending at its prior level; the government cut Official Development Assistance from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income by 2027 to fund a defence spending increase, announced in this statement to the House of Commons.
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1. Keir Starmer (Wikipedia)
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The Hague Summit Declaration (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationPosition On: NATO Membership, Paragraph 2, The Hague, 25 June 2025Quote, Position On: NATO Membership, Paragraph 2, The Hague, 25 June 2025
Allies commit to invest 5% of GDP annually on core defence requirements as well as defence-and security-related spending by 2035
UK Formally Recognises Palestinian State (GOV.UK)
UK Government (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office / Prime Minister's Office)Position On: Recognition of the State of Palestine, GOV.UK news, 21 September 2025Quote, Position On: Recognition of the State of Palestine, GOV.UK news, 21 September 2025
The UK has formally recognised Palestine to protect the viability of a two-state solution and create a path towards lasting peace for the Israeli and Palestinian people.
PM Statement on Defence Spending: 25 February 2025 (GOV.UK)
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing StreetPosition On: Foreign Aid Spending, PM statement to the House of Commons, 25 February 2025Quote, Position On: Foreign Aid Spending, PM statement to the House of Commons, 25 February 2025
This government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War.
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