Cyprus Mail30 Jun 2026

Starmer unveils £15bn defence increase in long-delayed investment plan

Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled on Tuesday his long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, promising an increase of £15 billion in funding to better equip Britain to fight the wars of the future in a blueprint he described as his legacy.

In what is most likely his last major policy announcement, Starmer said after last-minute discussions between the finance ministry and Britain’s new defence minister, Dan Jarvis, the plan had been sharpened and went further than a previous document that...

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