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David Hughes

Defence funding plan not enough to protect country, says military expert

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets members of the military at Taif Airbase, Saudi Arabia (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer’s long-delayed plan for military spending will not be enough to prepare the country for war, an expert who helped draw up the Government’s defence review warned.

General Sir Richard Barrons, a co-author of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, said the plan being published on Tuesday was “not going to crack the issue” of properly funding the nation’s armed forces.

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