Defence spending: too little, too late?

After a year of waiting, the defence investment plan was finally released yesterday. The plan will take defence spending to £80 billion a year by 2029, but some have criticised it for still leaving Britain's military under-funded. So will this plan do enough to make the country more secure? And what role should Britain be carving out for itself in the new geopolitical world we find ourselves in?

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Guests:

Larisa Brown, defence editor, The Times.
General Sir Richard Barrons, co-author of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Sophie McNulty, David Whitty.

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