Starmer unveils long-delayed defence investment plan amid ‘too little, too late’ criticism – UK politics live

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled Britain's long-delayed defense investment plan, allocating five billion pounds in additional military spending. According to The Guardian, it's drawn sharp criticism from military leadership and opposition parties alike. The armed forces had requested twenty-eight billion pounds to reach three percent of GDP spending—a target Starmer himself endorsed at February's Munich Security Conference. Former Army chief Lord Dannatt calls it 'a step in the right direction,' but insists it falls short of what the nation and its allies require. The shortfall: twenty-three billion pounds. The plan, originally due in autumn, arrives amid warnings that the gap leaves Britain strategically exposed.

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