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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says that the defence investment plan will be “another step up”, adding that it is "necessary" in order to “defend our country”. Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Now, in order to put that strategic review into effect, we've got a defence investment plan.
00:05So that is the plan that says, here's the money that goes with the capability.
00:11We bring the two together. And it is another step up.
00:15It is another increase in spending, but it is necessary.
00:18It's the right thing to do to defend our country.
00:22Now, we've been working on that defence investment plan for some time, very closely with our armed forces.
00:30As you would expect, because we need that interaction.
00:32What is the capability that you most need? In what time period? With the MOD?
00:38And actually across government, because this is a cross-government priority.
00:42And that will now be published before the NATO summit, which is in just a few weeks' time.
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