Starmer’s parting gift of billions for the military is a chain around Burnham's neck

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After a sustained media campaign by military hawks, this proposed increase in defence expenditure is being shielded from effective scrutiny US President Donald Trump stands next to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as NATO leaders gather for a family photo at a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey on 8 July, 2026 (Reuters) On British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP), although presented as an urgent response to unprecedented security threats facing Britain, says mor