{"id":357114,"date":"2026-07-01T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-does-it-cost-to-keep-the-uk-safe-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:00:21","slug":"what-does-it-cost-to-keep-the-uk-safe-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-does-it-cost-to-keep-the-uk-safe-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it cost to keep the UK safe? | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BnWg_9TQKZA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What does it cost to keep the UK safe? | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BnWg_9TQKZA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer has unveiled the long awaited defence investment plan which promises an extra \u00a315 billion to help equip the armed forces for the future.   <\/p>\n<p>Despite being one of the difficult issues which ultimately helped bring about his resignation, the prime minister seems to hope the plan will form a part of his legacy.  <\/p>\n<p>But what will it fund and where has the money come from? Alex, James, Chris and security correspondent Frank Gardner discuss.  <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:55 The UK&#8217;s defence investment plan<br \/>\n05:03 What is the \u00a315bn being spent on?<br \/>\n07:47 What is the hybrid navy?<br \/>\n10:41 Is the plan fully funded?<br \/>\n13:02 What are the trade-offs?<br \/>\n15:19 Does this plan actually work?<br \/>\n22:05 Trump, NATO and pressure on the UK to spend more<br \/>\n28:34 Russia&#8217;s threat to Britain&#8217;s undersea cables<br \/>\n33:23 What&#8217;s next for Keir Starmer after Downing Street?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer has unveiled the long awaited defence investment plan which promises an extra \u00a315 billion to help equip the armed forces for the future. Despite being one of the difficult issues which ultimately helped bring about his resignation, the prime minister seems to hope the plan will form a part of his legacy. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":357115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-357114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What does it cost to keep the UK safe? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What does it cost to keep the UK safe? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. 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