WATCH: Keir Starmer grilled by GB News on how he will fund huge defence spending boost

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Sir Keir Starmer has assured GB News viewers that his Government will not raise taxes following his latest pledge to boost defence spending.Speaking to People's Channel political correspondent Katherine Forster, the Prime Minister stated that it is his "first duty" as Prime Minister to ensure the "safety and security of our citizens".FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00Minister, hugely concerning times. You've announced a massive increase in defence and

00:06security spending to 5% because, let's face it, of Donald Trump. Will you level with GB

00:13News viewers on the tough choices you're going to have to make? Because how on earth are

00:20you going to pay for it? You're going to have to put up taxes, surely, or make quite deep

00:23cuts. Let me first of all reassure your viewers that the first duty of the UK Prime Minister

00:32is the safety and security of our citizens. And that's a duty I take extremely seriously.

00:37We've already increased our defence spend to 2.5% in 2027. And I've been absolutely clear

00:43where the money for that comes from. We've cut the overseas development aid budget. And

00:49we will now make commitments, NATO commitments, to 5%. That includes a resilience element

00:55that we're already spending. But it is important that we make that commitment for the long-term

00:59security of our country. We had a commitment to reassure your viewers in our manifesto that

01:05we wouldn't raise taxes on working people. And we intend to keep to that commitment.

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