Starmer Promises Biggest Era of Defense Renewal Since 1945

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would begin the biggest era of defense industrial renewal since the end of the World War II, as he seeks to convince a disgruntled electorate of the economic benefit of increased defense spending.

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