Prime minister says he will take no lectures from Tories after Kemi Badenoch says investment plan is insufficient

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

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.

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".

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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