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Spending plans behind defence review are ‘inadequate’ for Russian threat, Labour warned

Spending plans behind defence review are ‘inadequate’ for Russian threat, Labour warned

There is still confusion over whether the UK will reach spending of 3% of GDP on defence by the end of the next Parliament

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