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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 John Swinney has rejected Andy Burnham’s claim that parts of Scotland feel as distant from Holyrood as they do from Westminster, the Press Association reports. In his speech in Manchester on Monday, Burnham , who is set to become PM later this month, said: [The work of No 10. North] will be about offering new opportunities to extend devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by taking power deeper down. The people of Dundee and Bangor feel ju...
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- 1 Jul 2026, 12:34 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 John Swinney has rejected Andy Burnham’s claim that parts of Scotland feel as distant from Holyrood as they do from Westminster, the Press Association reports. In his speech in Manchester on Monday, Burnham , who is set to become PM later this month, said: [The work of No 10. North] will be about offering new opportunities to extend devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by taking power deeper down. The people of Dundee and Bangor feel ju...
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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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