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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSir Keir Starmer has unveiled his long-awaited Defence Investment Plan as he pledged an extra £15billion in spending.\n\nThe 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.\n\n\"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.\n\n\"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.\"\n\n**WATCH ABOVE.**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "WATCH: Keir Starmer announces £15billion boost for defence as he unveils long-awaited plan"
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