What Does It Cost To Keep The UK Safe?
6/30/202642 min
Today, Keir Starmer has unveiled the long awaited defence investment plan which promises an extra £15 billion to help equip the armed forces for the future.
Despite being one of the difficult issues which ultimately helped bring about his resignation, the prime minister seems to hope the plan will form a part of his legacy.
But what will it fund and where has the money come from? Alex, James, Chris and security correspondent Frank Gardner discuss.
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Alex Forsyth· Host1:10
[chime] So we've had the long-awaited Defense Investment Plan.
James Cook· Host1:18
The DIP.
Alex Forsyth· Host1:19
The DIP, [laughs] as it's known in shorthand.
James Cook· Host1:21
I didn't know it was the DIP until today.
Alex Forsyth· Host1:22
It is the DIP. Much delayed, the DIP, setting out how the government's gonna fund what it thinks it needs for defense over a long period of time, and