Britain should concentrate its armed forces in Europe instead of pursuing military expansionism in the Indo-Pacific, the shadow defence secretary will argue in a speech.
Labour would prioritise defending parts of the world “where the threats are greatest, not where the business opportunities lie”, in a sign that Sir Keir Starmer plans to abandon the Indo-Pacific tilt, the foreign policy strategy announced by Boris Johnson in 2021.
Setting out Starmer’s approach to defence in a speech at the Royal United Services Institute, John Healey will commit the party to a wholesale review of British defence policy in the first year of a Labour government.
Labour would scrap plans to shrink the overall size of the army to 72,500 troops, and implement a “stockpiles strategy” to
