Ed Miliband defies Keir Starmer over Net Zero cuts to fund defence

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Ed Miliband is said to be defying Sir Keir Starmer over potential cuts to his Net Zero plan to pour more funding into Britain's defence.The Energy Secretary is said to be resisting calls to cut spending on the green agenda by at least one per cent of capital budget savings, insiders said.The cuts would fund the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP), which Sir Keir confirmed in Prime Minister's Questions would be published before the next Nato assembly in a few weeks' time.No10 could, in turn, force Mr Miliband's hand by cutting funding for long-term projects in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, including hydrogen production and heat pumps.

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