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Starmer backs successor with £15bn defense modernization
Filed: Jun 30, 2026 at 7:05 AM ET
Summary: Keir Starmer said Andy Burnham would maintain UK defense commitment and invest £15bn to modernize the military.
WHO: Keir Starmer
WHAT: Said Andy Burnham would maintain the UK’s defense commitment and outlined plans to invest £15 billion to modernize the British military.
WHEN: Jun 30, 2026 at 6:32 AM ET
WHERE: United Kingdom
WHY: Starmer was laying out plans to invest £15 billion to modernize the British military and expressed confidence in his likely successor maintaining defense commitments.
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