Starmer Refuses to Set Date for Delayed Defence Investment Plan

Starmer Refuses to Set Date for Delayed Defence Investment Plan

Starmer, red as a beetroot, with no explanation for the delayed Defence Investment Plan. This was supposed to have been published last autumn. Have they lost it down the back of the sofa?

Starmer refuses to reveal date of defence investment plan

Sir Keir Starmer hit back at criticism the UK government was not spending enough on defence amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East putting RAF jets and British nationals at risk.  The Prime Minister declined to reveal when the much-anticipated defence investment plan would be published as Kemi Badenoch centred her attacks on the pace of the government’s defence spending and response to the war in Iran.   Badenoch said there was “no urgen…

Tory leader attacks Starmer over defence, welfare and North Sea policy at PMQs

THE LEADER of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, launched a fierce attack on Prime Minister Keir Starmer during heated exchanges in the House of Commons on Wednesday (Mar 4). During Prime Minister’s Questions, Badenoch accused the government of prioritising welfare spending over defence investment and warned that Britain was failing to strengthen its military during a period of international instability. She claimed the government had no cre…