Is the PM ignoring calls from experts to further increase defence spending?
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Keir Starmer's government has increased defence spending to the "highest sustained increase" since the Cold War, with an extra £15 billion of funding announced today. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] But military chiefs and experts say that's still not enough. We ask the prime minister whether he is willfully ignoring their calls or if he thinks the experts have got it wrong. #Starmer #Politics #UK #War #Defence #News ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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