article_snippet: David Cameron has repeatedly refused to pledge that funding for the military will be kept above the Nato target of at least 2 per cent of GDP.
article_snippet: Sir Peter called on the Government to meet the Nato target of spending 2 per cent of national income on defence.
article_snippet: Prime Minister David Cameron is under growing pressure from Tory MPs and peers to make a manifesto commitment to the target to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence .
article_snippet: Prime Minister David Cameron is under growing pressure from Tory MPs and peers to make a manifesto commitment to the target.
article_snippet: Nick Clegg has claimed Prime Minister David Cameron will fail to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence because Nick Clegg is ideologically wedded to shrinking the state.
article_snippet: Labour has also refused to commit to the figure, with the party's Treasury spokesman, Chris Leslie, telling the BBC: 'I know it will be difficult to keep that level of 2 per cent of GDP, but I can tell you it is absolutely impossible under the Conservative trajectory.'
highlights_snippet: Cameron under pressure to commit 2% of GDP to defence under UN target .