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Keir Starmer has hit back at Labour peer George Robertson’s criticisms about defence funding. Why has the government been slow to prioritise defence and what trade-offs is Keir Starmer willing to make in order to increas...
Is Keir Starmer ‘complacent’ on defence? is an episode from The Guardian UK: Politics Weekly by The Guardian. Keir Starmer has hit back at Labour peer George Robertson’s criticisms about defence funding. Why has the government been slow to...
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