Sir Keir Starmer

“Japanese investors setting out a five-year investment pipeline worth more than £9bn”

“government would ditch a target to get 50 per cent of school‑leavers into university”

“new target towards getting two thirds of young people on a “gold standard apprenticeship” by the age of 25”

“Starmer also recalled that he backed Burnham to become Labour leader in 2015”

“In the long-awaited defence investment plan, Starmer coughed up just half the amount of funding military officials had been lobbying for with a £15bn package.”

“fourth largest economy in the world”

“five-year investment pipeline worth more than £9bn”

“Yes, I want him to have a big role in government.”

“one of the biggest by-elections that we’ve ever fought, because of the scale of it”

“it’s really important to my mind that the whole of the Labour Party and Labour movement focuses on that, which is the next most immediate task.”

“I don’t think there should be a challenge. I think history, particularly the last government, shows that that isn’t a successful way for a government to behave. If there is a challenge, then I intend…”

“Despite the previous release of inmates under Sir Keir Starmer, there were still 86,267 people in prisons across England and Wales in July, equating to around 97 per cent of the whole estate.”

“I am with you 100 per cent”

“he said £80,000,000,000 a year will be spent on defence by 2029.”

“he said £80,000,000,000 a year will be spent on defence by 2029.”

“No, I don't think it is possible.”

“The Labour Party arguably could have been lost, but I stepped up as leader and with others we saved the Labour Party.”

“He told the BBC: 'The Labour Party arguably could have been lost, but I stepped up as leader and with others we saved the Labour Party.' Sir Keir insisted his landslide victory in 2024 should sit alo…”

“Our Defence Investment Plan commits more to investment on our armed forces. It delivers the modern keep and capabilities our personnel need to keep us safe, meaning we buy British to create jobs here…”

“And he said the government had been able to commit to an increase in defence spending thanks to the spare cash - or 'headroom' - Chancellor Rachel Reeves had built into her Budget last November.”

“Asked if a prime minister could spend less time on diplomacy than him, he replied: "No, I don't think it is possible."”

“He described it as a "really, really tough" decision which he ultimately came to that weekend with his wife, Victoria, and teenage children at Chequers, the prime minister's countryside residence. [.…”

“He added: "The Labour Party arguably could have been lost, but I stepped up as leader and with others we saved the Labour Party".”

“He committed to remaining an MP until at least the next election but said he would be "keeping my mouth shut, rather than giving constant advice to my successor about what they should be doing".”

“£80,000,000,000 a year will be spent on defence by 2029.”

“More than £63 billion will be spent over the next four years on a new nuclear warhead, Dreadnought and SSN-AUKUS submarines, and other work on the nuclear deterrent”

“More than £5 billion on a drone ‘transformation’, including £650 million on expendable drones and other uncrewed vehicles heavily inspired by warfare innovations in Ukraine”

“£11 billion to increase stockpiles of munitions and weapons”

“More than £8 billion for a programme to develop and build a next-generation stealth fighter jet for the RAF, working with Japan and Italy”

“£26 billion – including some of the nuclear deterrent cash – for a major project to upgrade several of the UK’s naval bases”

“£790 million to protect the UK and its overseas bases from ‘air, drone and missile threats’, with new radar and sensor systems and investment in Directed Energy Weapons”

“£900 million on an efficiency drive to save more money in the long run, including investment in AI to boost productivity”

“£100 million to ramp up the deployment of AI capabilities for the UK armed forces – and £115 million to protect against AI threats”

“£15bn increase in military spending”

“a planned 5p increase in fuel duty due in September would be postponed until 31 December because of the conflict.”

“The Prime Minister pointed to £22billion in fiscal headroom created through previous budget decisions, arguing this provided the credibility to make such announcements outside formal spending reviews.”

“Sir Keir Starmer’s much-delayed Defence Investment Plan had one big bet at its heart: drones are the future of warfare.”

“Outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has committed to publishing the long-delayed defence investment plan (DIP) before the NATO summit in Turkey on 7 July after months of talks over how to fund i…”

“And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan we are increasing this by an extra £15billion, setting a new record of spending almost £300billion over the next four years to back our…”

“Before we came into office, so two years ago, this country spent £54billion a year on defence.”

“We are taking this to almost £80billion a year by 2029.”

“We are already delivering the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s, £270billion over the spending review period. And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment P…”

“Sir Keir claimed the investment would prepare Britain to confront Russia should Vladimir Putin launch an attack by 2030”

“increase the use of low-cost one-way strike drones to boost the Army's lethality tenfold”

“cut the fees of EU students from £38,000 to £9,535”

“In one of his final acts as Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer will finally reveal the plan on Tuesday.”