Badenoch criticises Starmer over £5bn gap in UK defence investment plan
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Jennifer McKiernan and Brian Wheeler
3d ago· 4 min readenNews
Summary
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of leaving a defence spending 'mess' for his successor Andy Burnham, citing a missing £5bn in the UK's defence investment plan. The government's long-awaited plan includes £15bn for defence upgrades, but Defence Minister Luke Pollard acknowledged the next chancellor will need to find an extra £4.7bn in the autumn Budget to fund the proposals. Badenoch raised the issue at Prime Minister's Questions, questioning the financial gap in the defence strategy.
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· 3 pulledBadenoch accused Starmer of leaving a 'mess' for his successor over defence spending.
Defence Minister Luke Pollard told the BBC the next chancellor will need to find an extra £4.7bn in this autumn's Budget to fund the proposals.
The long-awaited plan announced on Tuesday includes £15bn to boost the UK's defences.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticised what she called a missing £5bn in the defence investment plan.
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