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Wednesday briefing: Why Keir Starmer cut foreign aid to pay for defence – and who loses out

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister announced a significant increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, funded entirely by a cut in the aid budget

The Guardian - UK

Are Labour right to push for new nuclear plants in Scotland? What the experts say

THE UK Government has pledged to “rip up the rules” to allow for a roll-out of new nuclear power plants across England ...

The National (Scotland)

Reeves says Europe must follow UK’s lead and ‘step up’ defence spending

The chancellor will be talking to European allies at the G20 on the importance of bolstering defence capabilities

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What the papers say – February 26

A rise in defence spending, Ukraine and US relations feature heavily on Wednesday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

Zelensky says no US security guarantees agreed in minerals deal as Starmer heads to Washington for Trump talks

PM travelling to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest

Evening Standard

Starmer to meet Trump in Washington as Kyiv and US agree minerals deal

European nations must ‘step up and do more on defence’ Rachel Reeves said after the UK pledged to raise defence spending.

The Independent UK

Starmer warned child poverty will hit all-time high if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

The prime minister has been urged to rethink the Tory-era benefit cap after the Resolution Foundation said his strategy to tackle child poverty will lack credibility if it remains in place

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Credible child poverty strategy must see two-child limit axed, says think tank

The Resolution Foundation warned the Government: ‘It’s time to move on from warm words and start cutting child poverty.’

The Independent UK

As Starmer meets Trump – what challenges face the UK’s prime minister?

The Labour leader faces a diplomatic balancing act as he heads over the Atlantic this week

The Independent UK

Starmer’s message after slashing aid is simple: of course you should be alarmed

The prime minister did his best with the press’ questions, as he prepared to ride two horses all the way to Washington

The Guardian - UK

UK foreign aid: How much is spent and who receives it as Starmer slashes budget

UK foreign aid will be slashed from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of GDP to fund an increase in defence spending

The Independent UK

Starmer can only hope slashing aid to boost defence wins Trump’s favour

PM’s Washington trip clear impetus for abrupt news of budget switch to meet defence commitment by 2027

The Guardian - UK

Starmer slashes aid to fund major increase in defence spending

Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cuts

The Guardian - UK

In a frightening new era, Starmer has made his move – and may have found his calling

Diverting money from aid to the military is a grim expedient in a crisis that will surely define this prime minister’s legacy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Evening Standard

Starmer denies Trump is setting UK policy as defence spending is increased

The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that he has been ‘arguing for some time’ that Europe and the UK ‘needed to do more’.

Evening Standard

‘Immediate risk to life’ for mother on hunger strike over jailed son – doctor

The Free Alaa campaign said Laila Soueif is now on the 149th day of her hunger strike and was admitted to hospital on Monday evening.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Starmer’s aid cuts: they won’t buy security, but they will undermine it

Editorial: Labour’s ‘pragmatism’ isn’t neutral – it locks the party into fiscal caution, reinforcing stagnation and fuelling the very instability it seeks to avoid

Evening Standard

Starmer defends aid cuts to boost defence as ‘necessary’ amid charity criticism

Sacrificing aid funding to bolster Britain’s war chest was branded ‘reckless’ by charities and aid organisations.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump’s realignment: the geopolitical plates are moving. Brace for further shocks

Editorial: In siding with Russia at the UN, the US has laid bare the extent of the shift. Bilateral visits cannot disguise the underlying crisis

The Independent UK

Starmer slams accusation he is ‘Farage in disguise’ over defence spending increase

Sir Keir Starmer dismissed an accusation he is "Nigel Farage in disguise" over his plans to slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

Evening Standard

Starmer accuses Farage of ‘fawning’ over Putin as Reform MPs face ‘poodles’ jibe

Reform UK MP Lee Anderson also hit back over criticism of his party colleagues during a war of words with the SNP’s Stephen Flynn.

Evening Standard

Banks and defence stocks help lift FTSE 100 after Starmer ups security spending

The blue-chip index gained 9.69 points, or 0.11%, to close at 8,668.67.

The Independent UK

Watch: Starmer defends cutting foreign aid budget to boost defence spending

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on Tuesday, 25 February, after announcing he will slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

Evening Standard

PM’s defence plan will not lead to end of working from home – Whitehall chief

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed the current policy on office attendance will remain following Sir Keir Starmer’s warning of major challenges.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts

Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’

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