New UK Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis to revisit military spending plan amid funding dispute
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Jessica Elgot, Dan Sabbagh, Alexandra Topping
21d ago· 7 min readenNews
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The new UK Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis plans to revisit and reprioritise the controversial defence investment plan (Dip), which was delayed after predecessor John Healey resigned over a funding dispute. Allies indicate Jarvis has strong leverage in negotiations with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who faces a potential leadership challenge from Andy Burnham, and that the government cannot afford to lose another defence secretary.
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· 4 pulledThe new defence secretary is to revisit a controversial plan for funding the armed forces and may return to demand more cash from the Treasury, allies have said.
Multiple government sources said Dan Jarvis would look to 'reprioritise' aspects of the defence investment plan (Dip), which was delayed until July after the resignation of John Healey following a disagreement over its funding.
An ally of Jarvis said he would have a strong hand in future negotiations with Keir Starmer, who is facing a possible leadership challenge from Andy Burnham.
'They can't sack him [Jarvis] or let him resign,' the
Starmer ‘can’t sack him or let him resign’, says ally of Dan Jarvis after predecessor’s resignation
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