BORIS Johnson has pledged a whopping 20 per cent hike in UK military spending by 2030.

Speaking from Madrid where he is attending the NATO summit, the Prime Minister said government will aim to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence in the next eight years.

The massive increase will be welcomed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who called on the PM to make the important commitment to our forces this week.

Mr Johnson said: "We need to invest for the long term in vital capabilities like future combat air, while simultaneously adapting to a more dangerous and more competitive world.

"The logical conclusion of the investments on which we propose to embark these decisions is that we will reach 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of the decade."

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World leaders have spent the past few days in Spain discussing what more they can do to band together and help out hero President Zelensky.

Today the PM pledged an extra billion pounds in funding to aid the Ukrainian war effort.

He said: "It is only logical and right to continue to support Ukraine in the way that we are, and indeed to continue to to intensify that military support."

Mr Johnson added that he thinks brave Ukrainian fighters "have the potential to turn this around".

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Alongside putting pounds on the table, at the NATO summit leaders spoke about what more they can do to convince countries sitting on the fence to stand up and take the side of the West in Russia's barbaric war.

Mr Johnson said: "The best way for us to win the argument around the world, about our values, what we stand for… is for the Ukrainians to win, and Putin to fail in Ukraine."

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