Donald Trump wants NATO members to increase their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2030, but he’s facing opposition from a key European ally. The UK government doesn’t think it can hit even half that target by the end of the decade without deeply unpopular spending cuts at home. Former head of the British Army Lord Dannatt says that would set “an extraordinarily bad example” for the rest of Europe as it tries to keep Vladimir Putin at bay.

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UK to snub Trump on NATO defence spending