NATO Summit Approaches as UK Pivots to Defence Spending

Keir Starmer will publish Defence Investment Plan before NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8.
Defence Secretary John Healey resigned after criticizing 2.68% GDP funding by 2030.
Starmer aims to raise defence spending to 3% GDP during next Parliament.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised UK's investment as 'important contribution'.
Ankara summit is deadline for rearmament plans amid warnings of insufficient funding.
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