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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar and Daniel Boffey

Starmer rejects accusation Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding

Keir Starmer speaking at the despatch box
Keir Starmer at PMQs on Wednesday: ‘My responsibility is to keep the British people safe, and that is a duty I take seriously.’ Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has said he does not agree with George Robertson’s comments about the government’s “corrosive complacency” on defence funding, as the prime minister faced sustained pressure on the issue.

Questioned in the Commons about the claims by Robertson, the former Labour defence secretary and Nato chief who co-authored a defence review for the government, Starmer insisted that defence spending was increasing rapidly.

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