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The Economic Times
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UK's Starmer unveils £15 bln defence increase in long-delayed investment plan

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled on Tuesday his long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, promising an increase of £15 billion in funding to better equip Britain to fight the wars of the ‌future in a ⁠blueprint he described ⁠as his legacy.

In what is most likely his last major policy announcement, Starmer said after last-minute discussions between the ​finance ministry and Britain's new defence minister, Dan Jarvis, the plan had been sharpened and went further than ​a previous document that prompted his ally, John Healey, to resign.

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