The Chief of the Defence Staff fired at shot at Andy Burnham last night demanding the likely next Prime Minister finds more money 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

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 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'.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ambitious £298-billion Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has sparked a political row after it emerged that nearly £5 billion required to fund the…

The defence black hole is the least of his worries

The Chief of the Defence Staff fired at shot at Andy Burnham last night demanding the likely next Prime Minister finds more money for the Armed Forces.

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Andy Burnham is facing an early threat from his own benches as he prepares to take over from Keir Starmer in a little over a fortnight.

Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is facing questions over the funding gap and whether Burnham was blindsided.

Andy Burnham says the UK must take the defence investment plan 'very seriously' despite 4.7bn-pound funding hole.