Starmer’s Defence Investment Plan Is Missing Urgency And Money | Edwina Currie

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“The money has been spent on open-ended commitments like welfare.” The defence investment plan is “quite a good plan”, but the money needed for it has been spent on things that do not add to the “wealth, welfare or wellbeing of the country”, says former Conservative minister, broadcaster and author Edwina Currie. Edwina Currie and Giles Coren were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, from 6am to 10am. 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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