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Defence Investment Plan Is An Empty 'Aspiration' | Lord Stirrup
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10:16Now Playing“I would regard this as more of a defence investment aspiration than a defence investment plan.”
The Defence Investment Plan laid out by Sir Keir Starmer does not actually appear to be "funded” but is instead a collection of “assumptions” on governmental efficiency savings, says former chief of the defence staff, Lord Stirrup.
Lord Stirrup was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 4-7pm.
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