Deep Dive

The Defence Investment Plan: Has Starmer Laid a Trap for Burnham?

Deep Dive

Show Notes

This week, we unpick the government’s long-awaitied Defence Investment Plan (DIP) and ask very simply: is it enough?

Joining Chris Pleasance for a deep dive into the document is the Daily Mail’s Defence Editor Mark Nicol, who’s been pouring over the details since Keir Starmer unveiled it on Tuesday.

Read Mark's reporting here: https://www.dailymail.com/profile-881/mark-nicol.html

Host: Chris Pleasance Producer: Artemis Irvine Executive Producer: Bella Soames & Joseph Luke Palmer A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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