The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) continues to dominate Westminster, following its unveiling by Keir Starmer yesterday.

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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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

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…

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

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

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

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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Road and energy projects are set to be scrapped to pay for the military, the prime minister acknowledged

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…

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’

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.