Starmer Promises Labour Will Preserve UK’s Nuclear Deterrent
- Labour has ambition to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP
- Opposition leader signals change in tone since days of Corbyn
Keir Starmer
Photographer: Ian Forsyth/BloombergKeir Starmer vowed Labour will preserve the UK’s nuclear deterrent if it’s voted into power, underlining how much he’s changed the opposition party since replacing Jeremy Corbyn as leader.
Starmer on Friday will become the first Labour leader in three decades to see the UK’s nuclear submarines being built at Barrow-in-Furness in northwest England. According to a statement, he’ll pledge to channel defense investment to British businesses and set a “higher bar” for directing procurement abroad.