Lord Dannatt said Sir Keir Starmer had 'no option' but to follow the Prime Minister's pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade.
Labour will be 'pilloried' if they refuse to match Rishi Sunak 's pledge to boost defence spending, a former Army chief warned yesterday.
The White House yesterday welcomed Mr Sunak's decision to boost defence spending by £75billion by 2030, describing Britain as a 'stalwart ally'. The former Chief of the General Staff Lord Dannatt also warned that failure to increase investment in defence would risk the United States walking away from Nato
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