PMQs clash over defence funding: Badenoch accuses Starmer of leaving £5bn short
TL;DR
Kemi Badenoch grills Keir Starmer at PMQs over the defence investment plan, accusing him of leaving a £5bn funding shortfall for Andy Burnham to cover; Starmer defends the plan as a £300bn, four-year upgrade—the largest defence increase in 40 years—funded by identified savings and headroom from the Budget, as Ed Davey pushes for a stronger missile defence.
- Starmer to face Badenoch at PMQs after announcing £15bn extra defence spending BBC
- The Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, not dependency on a wayward US | Editorial The Guardian
- Starmer to Burnham: It’s your job to fund defense now politico.eu
- UK’s Starmer announces 300-billion-pound defence investment plan Al Jazeera
- UK announces billions for drones and touts European defence projects Euronews.com
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