Blueprint for defence spending will be a ‘step up’, Starmer vows amid delay

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the plan will be published before the Nato summit in July (Jack Taylor/PA) - (PA Wire)

The blueprint for Britain’s defence spending will be “another step up” in the amount spent on the military, Sir Keir Starmer has vowed.

The Defence Investment Plan will be published before the Nato summit in Turkey, beginning on July 7, the Prime Minister also announced.