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Starmer to take PMQs as he faces backlash over ‘poisoned chalice’ defence investment plan – UK politics live
Concerns that plan is not properly funded and will take cash from much-needed road projects Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan Andy Burnham’s team is “properly furious” about the £5bn black hole in the funding for the defence investment plan, according to Sam Coates from Sky News. On his podcast this morning, Coates said : I am old enough to remember when Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer came into government complaining from every hilltop that the Tories did just similar by cutting budgets and failing to fully fund them. It’s no wonder that Team Burnham are, for the first time...
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- 1 Jul 2026, 11:29 CEST
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- The Guardian - World
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- United Kingdom, WHO, UN, United States
Concerns that plan is not properly funded and will take cash from much-needed road projects Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan Andy Burnham’s team is “properly furious” about the £5bn black hole in the funding for the defence investment plan, according to Sam Coates from Sky News. On his podcast this morning, Coates said : I am old enough to remember when Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer came into government complaining from every hilltop that the Tories did just similar by cutting budgets and failing to fully fund them. It’s no wonder that Team Burnham are, for the first time...
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Starmer to take PMQs as he faces backlash over ‘poisoned chalice’ defence investment plan – UK politics live
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