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Defence secretary updating MPs after Starmer unveils extra £15bn for armed forces – UK politics live
Starmer confirms rise but says defence spending cannot be ‘bottomless pit’ and MoD has to ‘spend better’ Keir Starmer is speaking now. They are at Malloy Aeronautics, a firm that designs heavy-lift drones, and Starmer says this morning they showed him one of the heaviest drones he had ever seen. Last year, I made the decision in the national interest to reprioritise aid spending towards defence and achieve the biggest uplift in defence spending since the end of the cold war. That was the right choice because the world has changed. National security is economic security. Continue reading...
- Time
- 30 Jun 2026, 16:29 CEST
source time - Source
- The Guardian - World
- Trust
- medium · direct source trail
- Actors
- United Kingdom, UN, United States
Starmer confirms rise but says defence spending cannot be ‘bottomless pit’ and MoD has to ‘spend better’ Keir Starmer is speaking now. They are at Malloy Aeronautics, a firm that designs heavy-lift drones, and Starmer says this morning they showed him one of the heaviest drones he had ever seen. Last year, I made the decision in the national interest to reprioritise aid spending towards defence and achieve the biggest uplift in defence spending since the end of the cold war. That was the right choice because the world has changed. National security is economic security. Continue reading...
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Defence secretary updating MPs after Starmer unveils extra £15bn for armed forces – UK politics live
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