WATCH: Keir Starmer announces £15billion boost for defence as he unveils long-awaited plan

Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled his long-awaited Defence Investment Plan as he pledged an extra £15billion in spending.

The outgoing Prime Minister said of his plan: "We are already delivering the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s, £270billion over the spending review period.

"And I can announce today that under the defence investment plan we are increasing this by an extra £15billion, setting a new record of spending almost £300billion over the next four years to back our Armed Forces and to strengthen our national security.

"Now it’s true to say there’s been a huge focus on the numbers here... Before we came into office, so two years ago, this country spent £54billion a year on defence. We are taking this to almost £80billion a year by 2029."

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