Sir Keir Starmer has acknowledged he is yet to “put the funding in place” to move Britain to a “war footing”, as he insisted he was “finalising” the UK government’s repeatedly postponed defence investment plan.
The prime minister told MPs on Monday that “over-commitment and underfunding” by the previous Conservative government were to blame for delays to the British military’s 10-year spending blueprint.
He claimed the plan, which was initially due to be published last autumn, was in its final stages but admitted in response to questioning about its release: “I can’t give you a date.”
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