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The UK's defence investment plan & AUKUS

Labour falls well short of headline spending demands

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Latika M Bourke
Jul 01, 2026
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Stephen Lovegrove was right. Last week, when I asked him if he held concerns that underfunding of defence would affect the UK’s long-term plans to build nuclear-propelled submarines for Australia, he said no.

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