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Chris Mason: Starmer's defence plan leaves crunching trade‑offs for Burnham to confront

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If, as expected, Andy Burnham becomes prime minister next month, he will inherit a £4.7bn bill to deliver the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, and that is before he worries about how to boost defence spending further as the next general election looms. The numbers accompanying the much delayed plan point to a big gap that the current government anticipates the next one will need to fill this autumn.
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Burnham revels on public stage but has little time to hammer ideas into shape

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Burnham revels on public stage but has little time to hammer ideas into shape

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Two things stand out watching Andy Burnham, as I've done during the recent by-election campaign and in the ten or so days since. The first is that he is a politician who revels in being on the public stage: comfortable in his own skin, comfortable in front of a microphone and cameras, and confident in venturing off script and ad-libbing to respond to things as they unfold.
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