Burnham Told of £4.7bn Defence Black Hole Yesterday, Minister Suggests

How the black hole in defence plan will cause problems for ...

PMQs Review: Starmer and Badenoch spar over defence funding

Andy Burnham gave it a miss

Badenoch accuses Starmer of leaving defence spending 'mess' for Burnham as they clash at PMQs

The Tory leader criticises the government's "missing" £5bn - but the PM argues his defence plan marks the biggest military funding increase in 40 years.

Burnham told of £4.7bn defence black hole yesterday, minister suggests

Ministers faced questions over the funding gap and whether Mr Burnham was blindsided by Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement.

Kemi Badenoch skewers Keir Starmer within seconds with devastating PMQs question

Fiery clash at Prime Minister's Questions in House of Commons - follow live

Defence Secretary Faces Questions On 47bn Funding Gap Left To Andy Burnham

Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is facing questions over a £4.7 billion black hole in the plan to raise defence spending and whether Andy Burnham was blindsided by the need to plug that gap in his first budget. Sir Keir Starmer announced £15 billion of spending over the next four years to support theDefenceInvestment Plan, but the Treasury put off setting out full details of how it would fund the increase. In a written statement to Parliamen…