Trio of senior defence figures accuse Starmer of underfunding military
by Kiran Stacey, Dan Sabbagh and Peter Walker in Lond from World news | The Guardian on (#76BPH)
PM hit by three-pronged attack from ex-defence secretary, former defence minister and chief of defence staff
Keir Starmer is leaving British troops underfunded and unable to carry out the operations he expects from them, according to scathing remarks delivered in parliament on Tuesday by three senior defence figures.
The prime minister came under fire in separate interventions from his former defence secretary John Healey, the former defence minister Al Carns and the country's current senior military officer, Rich Knighton.
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