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

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. 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). Howe…