Tory leader accuses Starmer of ‘leaving this mess to his successor’

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

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

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.

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".

The prime minister unveiled his long-awaited defence investment plan on Tuesday after months of delays

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.

Prime Minister announces an extra £15bn to be spent on defence - but £4.7bn won't be found until the Budget, when Burnham is likely to be in No 10

In what may be the last significant policy decision of his premiership, Sir Keir Starmer has announced how much extra money he has found to spend on defence over the next four…

The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvre

Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’

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…

Keir Starmer’s legacy on defense leaves Andy Burnham with an unenviable task: finding billions of pounds from elsewhere.

Keir Starmer is due in the Commons amid an outcry over the long-awaited DIP - with critics warning the £15billion funding boost over four years is 'too little too late'.

Keir Starmer is due in the Commons amid an outcry over the long-awaited DIP - with critics warning the £15billion funding boost over four years is 'too little too late'.

Burnham left to find £4.7bn to fund a black hole in Starmer’s defence spending plan

Tory leader accuses Starmer of ‘leaving this mess to his successor’

Minister and MPs have raised concerns that his ‘poisoned chalice’ plan will take cash from much-needed road projects