Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan
An Andy Burnham ally likened the funding gap to an ‘unexploded bomb’. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAn…
Starmer’s delayed defence investment swansong satisfies absolutely no one
‘Fading out of history’: Starmer, Reeves and Jarvis arriving at Malloy Aeronautics in Maidenhead to announce the defence investment plan.…
New defence secretary wins another £1.5bn to boost drone spending
The defence secretary, Dan Jarvis, bypassed Keir Starmer to get the Treasury to agree to more funding. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PAView…
Defence secretary quizzed by MPs over timing of Russian oil tanker seizure
Dan Jarvis was asked by the shadow defence secretary why the Smyrtos had been boarded when other suspected shadow fleet…
New defence secretary to ‘reprioritise’ UK plan for military spending, say sources
Dan Jarvis (left) with Keir Starmer and the chief of defence staff, Sir Richard Knighton, at No 10. Photograph: Simon…
UK forces board sanctioned Russian oil tanker in English Channel for the first time, says Keir Starmer – UK politics live
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet…
Starmer’s leadership under further pressure after defence ministers quit – UK politics live
Good morning. This time yesterday Keir Starmer’s leadership was already in peril, with many in his party assuming that he…