๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ž๐•–๐•ฃ: ๐”น๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ž๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•  โ€œ๐•จ๐•’๐•ฃ-๐•—๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ค๐•ค.โ€

Sir Keir Starmer did not reveal the full details of the Strategic Defence Review โ€“ we are expecting the document to be published in full this afternoon, once the defence secretary has given a statement about it to the House of Commons.

But he did make a few key announcements.

He announced three โ€œfundamental changesโ€ to the UKโ€™s posture in order to create an army that is โ€œ10 times more lethal by 2035โ€:

  1. โ€œMoving to war-fighting readiness as the central purpose of our armed forcesโ€;
  2. โ€œEverything we do will add to the strength of NATOโ€, meaning the UKโ€™s defence policy will โ€œalways be NATO-firstโ€;
  3. The UK will โ€œinnovate and accelerate innovation at a wartime paceโ€.

The PM also confirmed some details of what his government will do (much of which was already trailed in the newspapers):

๐”ป๐•š๐•ค๐•”๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•– ๐•‹๐•ง

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