UK’s Starmer unveils £15 billion rise in military spending

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Tuesday to spend an extra £15 billion to modernise Britain’s depleted armed forces in a long-delayed investment plan that is designed to prepare for the wars of the future and mark his legacy.

In what is most likely his last major policy announcement, Starmer said the Defence Investment Plan went further than a previous draft that prompted his ally, John Healey, to resign as defence minister this month. Healey had accused Starmer of failing to secure...