Keir Starmer urged to ramp up defence spending – UK politics live

<p>This is ‘probably one of the most alarming times for Britain’s defence since the second world war’, says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey as he calls for more spending</p><p>Domestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls will help “create force-wide cultural change”, said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/jess-phillips">Jess Phillips</a> as the first phase of “Raneem’s law” was rolled out across England.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/28/labour-plans-raneems-law-to-protect-victims-of-domestic-abuse">new law</a> is named in memory of Raneem Oudeh, who was killed alongside her mother, Khaola Saleem, in Solihull by Oudeh’s ex-husband, whom she had reported to the police at least seven times, as well as making four 999 calls on the night she was murdered.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/feb/21/keir-starmer-defence-spending-david-lammy-g20-scottish-labour-party-conference-uk-politics-latest-updates-news">Continue reading...</a>