After 18 months in the making, the government’s Defence Investment Plan should have provided clarity on Britain’s military future. Instead, it obscures spending, repackages old announcements and delays the hard decisions until well into the next decade, writes defence expert Francis Tusa

The prime minister is expected to publish the Defence Investment Plan soon

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

International News: The United Kingdom is set to unveil its long-delayed Defence Investment Plan on Tuesday, setting out how it intends to modernise its ageing military. .

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

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled a £15 billion Defence Investment Plan, aiming to bolster Britain's military for future conflicts. This significant funding boost will…

Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled on Tuesday his long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, promising an increase of 15 billion...

Nearly €348bn earmarked for defence investment by the decade's end

Courtesy of a £8.6 billion investment in the forthcoming Defence Investment Plan, the UK is also "renewing" a commitment to build sixth generation fighter jets, under the Global…

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…

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The outgoing UK prime minister has finally unveiled a long-awaited Defence Investment Plan that aims to revive an “underfunded” sector. It emphasises the growing use of of…

After 18 months in the making, the government’s Defence Investment Plan should have provided clarity on Britain’s military future. Instead, it obscures spending, repackages old…

Beyond top line spending, one of the leading takeaways from the DIP is the clear push to acquire and field autonomous systems, underpinned by a £5 billion investment in the…

Editorial: The widely-criticised Defence Investment Plan may be a small step in the right direction, but is underfunded, overdue, and thus a strange reflection on the priorities…

What Starmer announced in yesterday's Defence Investment Plan is woefully inadequate. In reality, a huge shortfall is built into the defence budget. And it's likely to get bigger…

Sir Keir Starmer passed the buck to Andy Burnham on defence yesterday after short-changing Britain's military.

The Defence Investment Plan falls short of the £28 billion($37 billion) wanted by defense chiefs and represents a 5% increase in annual defense spending.

A much delayed "landmark" plan to boost U.K. defense came in for across-the-board criticism for being inadquate and relying on cuts to other budgets.