The Dip couldn’t be more Keir if it tried: the military, the allies and probably not even Keir himself were happy

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

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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

Political editor David Maddox suggests that Keir Starmer’s Defence Investment Plan is less a legacy and more a monument to the failures – which means he will soon no longer be…

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…

Sir Keir Starmer was accused of serving 'half measures' today after his Defence Investment Plan failed to deliver desperately needed funds for the Armed Forces.

The Dip couldn’t be more Keir if it tried: the military, the allies and probably not even Keir himself were happy

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…