UK Not ‘Rising To The Challenge’ With Defence Investment Plan | Former Head of British Army
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“The tragedy is it’s taken the resignation of John Healey and Al Carns to finally get the prime minister to wake up.” Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to increase defence spending to 4.2 per cent of GDP is “too little, too late”, as the evolution of warfare outpaces our ability to defend ourselves, says former head of the British Army Lord Dannatt. Lord Dannatt and Larisa Brown were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, from 4-7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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