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Story summary
- Andy Burnham faces pressure to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030.
- Labour MP Tan Dhesi says Argentine President Javier Milei’s Falklands threats make the boost urgent.
- Dhesi reported that Downing Street retracted Burnham’s promised £10bn-a-year cost for the 3% target.
- Chancellor John Healey refused the 3% goal and quit Labour leader Keir Starmer’s cabinet over it.
- Government pledged to meet NATO’s 3.5% defence spending target by 2035.
