Dan Jarvis

“I have secured more money and made different choices for defence. 'We will invest £298 billion over the next four years. That includes an additional £15 billion, of which most is extra day-to-day spe…”

“he's keen to boast about the extra £1.5bn he's secured from the Treasury in the few weeks he's been in the job. The extra cash Jarvis achieved brought the overall funding increase for the armed force…”

“He told reporters he had received "assurance that, as prime minister, Andy Burnham will make sure that we've got the investment coming into defence."”

“We will invest £298 billion over the next four years. That includes an additional £15 billion, of which most is extra day-to-day spending for training and improving availability of ships and aircraft…”

“It's a commitment to spend £15 billion through the Defence Investment Plan. It is a £15billion commitment, that is new money that I've secured over the past two weeks.”

“The £580 million investment will create the facilities needed at Porton Down to expand their vital work, delivering for our armed forces and our national security.”