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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Downing Street fails to rule out any extra funding for defence investment plan

Downing Street has failed to rule out any uplift to the long-awaited defence investment plan (Dip) following John Healey’s resignation over the issue earlier this month.

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer defended the decision to publish the document, a funding blueprint for the armed forces, in the final days of his premiership despite expectations that his successor would make changes.

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