

Is Starmer trying to screw Burnham before he even starts?
Everyone understands the need to leave on a high - whether it’s Prime Ministerial legacy or a sense of completing the job. But the new defence investment plan that Starmer's signed off leaves Burnham with an unexploded bomb in the shape of a five billion pound debt. Does Burnham stick to the plan? Or does he rip it…
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