- Ministers have declined to indicate when the UK's defence investment plan will be published, despite it being initially promised last year.
- Reports suggest the delay is due to an ongoing dispute between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury over funding.
- Kemi Badenoch and Labour MP Tan Dhesi have urged for the plan's immediate release, warning that its continued absence risks diminishing Britain’s standing within Nato and highlighting concerns over military capabilities.
- Badenoch criticised the government, saying they have "no idea how they are going to pay for it" and labelling the delay a "national scandal."
- Labour has pledged to increase core defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027, rising to 3 per cent in the next parliament, while the Tories have suggested reinstating the two-child benefit cap to fund defence.
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