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Andy Burnham accused of 'squandering 365 days' by delaying defence spending decisions

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham is "squandering 365 days" by delaying an announcement on funding the Defence Investment Plan, according to the former head of the Army, Lord Richard Dannatt. He told the Camilla Tominey Show on GB News: "I think all the indications before the Budget were that we were not going to see anything very substantial for defence out of this budget. All I would say is that there is some form of commitment to fund the £4.7 billion pounds of the defence investment plan that was…

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