Prime Minister Keir Starmer was on the defensive at PMQs, where Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch attacked him for leaving a mess for Andy Burnham over defence spending.

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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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.

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

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.

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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

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

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

The DIP is supposed to be Keir Starmer’s big legacy so there is no surprise that is deeply suspect and lacking in fiscal credibility.

Starmer said that a fiscal headroom of £22bn was the “very reason” that the government had the “credibility” to make a spending decision.

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