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Keir Starmer says some road and energy projects will be scrapped to pay for £15bn defence plan (www.ft.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Sir Keir Starmer has announced an extra £15bn for defence over the next four years, but warned it would mean some road and energy projects will now be scrapped.

The UK prime minister said on Tuesday that the long-awaited defence investment plan (DIP) would reverse the “corrosive hollowing out” of the armed forces and transform a military that has been “underfunded and unsuited to the threats we face”.

He called the blueprint “a platform on which I know my successor will build”. It has been signed off by Andy Burnham, to whom Starmer is expected to hand over power as soon as July 20.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Doubt they'd fire their current leader. Rutte has been an excellent servant for the US.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Starmer, who despite being a former human rights lawyer has supported the genocide in Gaza and the illegal war on Iran, would not be eligible for the Nato role until it falls vacant in 2028.

(Aside, I'm glad we've got Novara media)