Richard Knighton, chief of the UK defense staff, told a House of Lords committee today that he is “most concerned” about day-to-day operations budgeting.

The offer made by Sir Keir Starmer to increase defence spending by £13.5billion over the next four years would have left the MoD without enough money for its existing equipment…

Air chief marshal Sir Richard Knighton, chief of the defence staff, warned that operations will have to be ‘dialled back’ unless new money is found