Prime minister says he will take no lectures from Tories after Kemi Badenoch says investment plan is insufficient
Keir Starmer has suggested Andy Burnham borrow billions more to cover the hole in the government’s Defence Investment Plan (Dip), in a move which economists say would severely reduce Burnham’s headroom against his fiscal rules.
The prime minister said on Wednesday that his successor – who is very likely to be the Makerfield MP – should use the headroom to fund a £4.7bn gap in defence spending over the next four years.
