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Starmer to Burnham: It’s your job to fund defense now
Andy Burnham could be forced to raise taxes or slash spending in his first Budget thanks to a "poison pill" from the Prime Minister. Sir Keir Starmer's delayed Defence Investment Plan yesterday confirmed that Britain's Armed Forces would receive an additional £15billion per year. But it soon emerge...
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What happenedKeir Starmer's legacy on defense leaves Andy Burnham with an unenviable task: finding billions of pounds from elsewhere.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Starmer to Burnham: It’s your job to fund defense now". The right frames it as "Andy Burnham 'deliberately handed £4.7B Budget black hole' in surprise 'poison pill' from...".
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CenterStarmer to Burnham: It’s your job to fund defense now
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Right / center-rightAndy Burnham 'deliberately handed £4.7B Budget black hole' in surprise 'poison pill' from Keir Starmer
Andy Burnham 'deliberately handed £4.7B Budget black hole' in surprise 'poison pill' from Keir Starmer
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Andy Burnham could be forced to raise taxes or slash spending in his first Budget thanks to a "poison pill" from the Prime Minister. Sir Keir Starmer's delayed Defence Investment Plan yeste...
