His predecessor John Healey resigned earlier this month over funding he said fell ‘well short of what is required for defence’.

Starmer will publish full funding plans for the Defence Investment Plan (Dip), the government’s 10-year blueprint for the armed forces.

The new defence investment plan has allocated £14.5bn to fund Britain’s defence, still falling well short of the £28bn officials previously said was needed

Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been criticised for delaying the plan

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The outgoing Prime Minister drew scorn after it emerged only £1billion of this is fresh investment, with a £4billion drone programme having been announced last year.

Prime minister set to press ahead with his defence investment plan despite high-profile resignations over spending

Keir Starmer is set to unveil a long-delayed defence investment plan (Dip) to future-proof Britain’s armed forces with a 'game-changing' investment amid a bitter row over spending

Defence investment plan, which was originally due in the autumn, criticised by Tories and Lib Dems

John Healey, who quit the Cabinet earlier this month after bitter wrangling with the Treasury, insisted the £15billion package would not keep the country safe from rising threats.

After months of bitter wrangling in Whitehall, the outgoing PM is unveiling a package including a £5billion drone 'transformation'.

El esperado Plan de Inversión en Defensa, retrasado durante meses, llega precedido por la dimisión del exministro de Defensa como protesta por la financiación insuficiente

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled his much criticised defence investment plan – here’s what he said

Starmer said his legacy on defence represented the "changes and the challenges that have defined my premiership".

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Plan includes more than 5 billion pounds for drones and autonomous systems over four years, Ministry of Defence says.

His predecessor John Healey resigned earlier this month over funding he said fell ‘well short of what is required for defence’.

While Sir Keir Starmer has promised the DIP will reverse the ‘corrosive hollowing out’ of the armed forces, the funding package still falls well short of the £28bn military…