{"id":355797,"date":"2026-06-25T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-uk-is-in-the-dark-about-burnhams-defence-plans-this-is-why\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:00:37","slug":"the-uk-is-in-the-dark-about-burnhams-defence-plans-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-uk-is-in-the-dark-about-burnhams-defence-plans-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK is in the dark about Burnham&#8217;s defence plans. This Is Why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/p1IA_8Sb024\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The UK is in the dark about Burnham's defence plans. This Is Why.\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p1IA_8Sb024\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all a little awkward.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer is set to deliver his defence spending proposals to NATO next month, despite having lost both his job and his defence secretary.<\/p>\n<p>But the outgoing prime minister seems determined to push through with his plans just days before Andy Burnham potentially moves into Downing Street.<\/p>\n<p>John Healey, the man whose resignation helped hasten Starmer&#8217;s departure, recently held talks with Burnham.<\/p>\n<p>But what do we know about our expected new prime minister&#8217;s position on military spending? 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Sir Keir Starmer is set to deliver his defence spending proposals to NATO next month, despite having lost both his job and his defence secretary. But the outgoing prime minister seems determined to push through with his plans just days before Andy Burnham potentially moves into Downing Street. John Healey, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-355797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The UK is in the dark about Burnham&#039;s defence plans. 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