Starmer leaves Burnham with £5 billion black hole to fill

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The outgoing Prime Minister has allocated £15bn in funding for defence - around half of the £28bn the Ministry of Defence had asked for. 00:28 Labour's Tan Dhesi is 'disappointed' by the plan, and had hoped for a 10 year expenditure plan. 04:03 Steve Holland, former sniper in the British army thinks this is a 'positive step forward' but that it 'isn't enough'. 07:08 Defence readiness minister Luke Pollard defends the plan. Details of Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to bolster the country’s defences have been revealed - but top brass have warned the spending plans don't go far enough. The outgoing Prime Minister has allocated £15bn in funding for defence - around half of the £28bn the Ministry of Defence had asked for. But the country’s defences will still be bolstered across land, air and sea within billions flooding over the next few years under Starmer’s plan. The defence investment plan (DIP) will include £5bn to increase the armed forces’ use of drones and autonomous weapons and also

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