Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge

To ensure the UK is fully prepared to deal with these interconnected threats, Labour will conduct a Strategic Defence Review within our first year in government, and we will set out the path to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence.

Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.

Made 2024-06-13 · Where it was made · archived copy · Speaker's own words, quoted

What the official figures show

UK defence spending as a share of GDP (NATO definition), 2023 (baseline)

2.25%

2026-10-23 · Ministry of Defence, International defence expenditure bulletin · receipt

UK defence spending as a share of GDP (NATO definition), 2024 (latest)

2.33%

2026-10-23 · Ministry of Defence, International defence expenditure bulletin · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.