Wars in Ukraine and Gaza make defence spending increase ‘absolutely crucial' say military chiefs

“Time is ticking…a lot of former military figures think that spending now is absolutely crucial.”

The pressure is piling up on Keir Starmer’s new government to increase defence spending as a matter of urgency, The Times’s defence editor Larisa Brown tells Matt Chorley on #TimesRadio.

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