Boris Johnson Under Pressure to Boost Defence Spending to Counter Russia Threat

Boris Johnson Under Pressure to Boost Defence Spending to Counter Russia Threat
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the start of the first plenary session of the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. Gabriel Bouys /AFP via Getty Images
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure from senior Cabinet ministers and military chiefs to boost defence spending in response to the renewed threat posed by Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

The prime minister, who will call on allies to invest more to modernise European defence at the NATO summit in Madrid, has faced calls to further increase the UK’s own defence expenditure, according to a statement on June 29 from 10 Downing Street.