Keir Starmer set to commit extra £1bn to defence despite Andy Burnham's team urging lame-duck PM to wait for successor

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Keir Starmer set to commit extra £1bn to defence despite Andy Burnham's team urging lame-duck PM to wait for successor.

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Sir Keir Starmer is set to commit an additional £1billion to the defence budget for the next four years despite Andy Burnham's team urging him to wait for his successor.

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The new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is understood to have been offered £14.5billion in additional funding over the next four years after fierce negotiations with Sir Keir and the Treasury about the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (Dip).However, this amount is just over half of what was required (£28billion) to fill the Armed Forces spending black hole, which caused former Defence Secretary John Healey to resign on June 11.

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Mr Healey said in his resignation letter the original £13.5billion offering fell "well short of what is required for defence and the county at this dangerous time".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The new Defence Secretary and his team have seen the new offer as a victory, after previous negotiations with the Government had been unfruitful.

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