UK to Approve £18 Billion Defense Spending Increase as Early as Next Week

🛡️ LONDON — Starmer arms up the week Washington canceled Poland's armor. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: £18bn is the largest UK defense uplift in a generation — timed as the Pentagon quietly pulled an armored brigade from Poland. Europe is recalibrating without waiting for Washington. For NATO's eastern flank, British commitment at this scale signals the European pillar moving independently. Tehran and Moscow both note when the Atlantic gap widens.