Keir Starmer is pushing the Treasury to accelerate plans to increase UK defense spending, after being persuaded by military chiefs that swifter action is needed to restore the country’s hollowed-out forces https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/starmer-seeks-new-money-to-accelerate-defense-spending-uplift?taid=6995f8a507ae960001a1d5f8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter