Tory leader Kemi Badenoch criticised the Government for continuing to put off the already overdue Defence Investment Plan (DIP).

Keir Starmer has been wrangling with ministers for months over how to fill an estimated £28billion funding gap for the next four years.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch criticised the Government for continuing to put off the already overdue Defence Investment Plan (DIP).

Defence insiders said the Russian drone attack on Romania needed to focus minds in Whitehall about the need to get the Defence Investment Plan published

The latest update on the long-overdue funding plan was met with dismay by two of Britain's most senior former military chiefs.