All Nato nations should match UK’s defence spending target, says Shapps

Defence secretary says PM will make case for spending boost at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit later this year

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All Nato countries should boost their defence spending to 2.5% of their GDP to meet the demands of a “more dangerous world”, the UK’s defence secretary has said.

Grant Shapps said the prime minister would make the case at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington DC this summer, after accepting that while the UK was the biggest spender on defence in real terms in Europe, Poland, Greece, Estonia and Hungary all spent more as a proportion of GDP.