'Defence black hole' and 'Starmer's gift to Burnham'
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Source: BBC News
Published: 2026-07-01 10:02 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Europe, Military & Defence, Tax & Budget, Elections, World News, Business & Economy, War & Conflict
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Many of Wednesday's papers lead with the fallout from the announcement of the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) yesterday. Sir Keir Starmer's "gift" to Andy Burnham for his first Budget is a "£4.7bn hole", writes The i Paper. The outgoing prime minister "risks political row", it says, after leaving a third of the scheme unfunded.
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