Key points from government’s defence strategy

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has set out the government’s defence strategy for the next decade.

The so-called “root and branch” review of the UK’s defence capability, led by former UK defence secretary and Nato secretary general Lord Robertson, looked at everything from equipment to personnel to future threats.

The government says they will implement all of the review’s 62 recommendations.

Here is a summary of the government’s response to the review.

• A Nato-first defence policy, with the UK’s “biggest contribution” to the military alliance since it was founded in 1949
• Move to “war-fighting readiness” as the armed forces’ central…