Keir Starmer has said the UK is moving to ‘war-fighting readiness’ and called on ‘every part of society’ to play a role in defending the country.
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The prime minister outlined his defence plans in a speech during a visit to the BAE Systems Govan facility in Glasgow, in which he said the government would ‘accelerate innovation at a wartime pace’. He added that he wanted the UK to be ‘the fastest innovator’ in Nato
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