{"id":356916,"date":"2026-06-30T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-pm-ignoring-calls-from-experts-to-further-increase-defence-spending\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:00:06","slug":"is-the-pm-ignoring-calls-from-experts-to-further-increase-defence-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-pm-ignoring-calls-from-experts-to-further-increase-defence-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the PM ignoring calls from experts to further increase defence spending?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Oe0fYZ97wa8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the PM ignoring calls from experts to further increase defence spending?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oe0fYZ97wa8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer&#8217;s government has increased defence spending to the &quot;highest sustained increase&quot; since the Cold War, with an extra \u00a315 billion of funding announced today. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>But military chiefs and experts say that&#8217;s still not enough.<\/p>\n<p>We ask the prime minister whether he is willfully ignoring their calls or if he thinks the experts have got it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>#Starmer #Politics #UK #War #Defence #News<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer&#8217;s government has increased defence spending to the &quot;highest sustained increase&quot; since the Cold War, with an extra \u00a315 billion of funding announced today. 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