James Sunderland

“Following the publication of the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan, it has been revealed that only £10billion of the pledged £15billion has been "set aside" for spending.”

“Defence is the primary role of Government. If you look at defence, £65billion, a steady state budget every year, this is an uplift to that. But look at the welfare budget, £330billion. So the £5billi…”

“We're operating in five domains now, not three, not just air, land and sea, it's also cyber and space. Technology is changing all the time, and the lessons of the Ukraine war are quite clear to me. W…”

“£330billion”

“£65billion”

“the £5billion as a percentage is about one per cent saving on the welfare budget.”

“one of 17 departments”

“The fact we are going to be at least five billion pounds, at least, short on what is needed is a significant thing.”

“Sunderland argued the plan Sir Keir put forward has not set aside enough money, declaring defence needs a £28 billion investment instead of what has been promised.”

“Former Military Officer James Sunderland reacts after Keir Starmer announced £15bn of investment over four years to boost the UK's defences, but with only £10.3bn currently identified.”