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At Prime Minister's Questions, Keir Starmer faced pressure from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch over a five billion pound shortfall in defence funding that his likely successor, Andy Burnham, would inherit. Starmer defended his government's record, citing fiscal headroom and accusing the Conservatives of hollowing out the armed forces. Political analysis noted that the defence investment plan, published the previous day, allocated 15 billion pounds against a strategic review requiring 28 billion, with 4.7 billion of the promised funding still unaccounted for, raising questions about how the gap would be closed.

Two Hampshire police officers are under investigation for potential gross misconduct over their handling of the murder of student Henry Novak, after body camera footage showed them failing to initially believe he had been stabbed. The family of a three-year-old boy seriously injured in a crocodile enclosure at Johnson's of Old Hurst Zoo described the ordeal as extremely challenging, though the child is now stable. Two people died when a small aircraft crashed in a field near Ongar, Essex. Victor Willis, lead singer of the Village People, died at 74. Lloyds Banking Group announced it is scrapping the Halifax brand, rebranding branches to Lloyds. England prepared for their first World Cup knockout match against DR Congo, with head coach Thomas Tuchel wary of the underdog side and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford stating the team is ready for penalties if needed.

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Story begins Starmer defence plan faces 4.7 billion pound shortfall
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Charged quote Starmer defence plan faces 4.7 billion pound shortfall

Have you said something? It's Kiristama under pressure at PMQs after he hands his likely successor, Andy Burnham, a five billion pound financial black hole in defence spending. We're in power with record investment in defence and security. I'm proud of this Labour government and any Labour Prime Minister would stand behind this plan.

Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 1 July 2026, 0:29-0:33
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Charged quote Starmer defence plan faces 4.7 billion pound shortfall

and that money should come from cutting welfare, something these Labour MPs will not do. And if the Labour Party cannot defend our country, Mr Speaker, what is the point of them? It's just all talk. What did they actually do? They cut defence. 2.5% down to 2.3% in their 14 long years. And what do you do on welfare? They put the bill up by £88 billion. So no

Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 1 July 2026, 3:27-3:35
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Charged quote Starmer defence plan faces 4.7 billion pound shortfall

It's just all talk. What did they actually do? They cut defence. 2.5% down to 2.3% in their 14 long years. And what do you do on welfare? They put the bill up by £88 billion. So no lectures from them. They failed in the first duty of government. And they won't defend their record, will they? They won't stand here and defend it because they know never do they stand

Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 1 July 2026, 3:41-3:45
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Charged quote Starmer defence plan faces 4.7 billion pound shortfall

apologise, which is what they should do, because they would admit what we all know how much they failed. So they just sit there pretending it didn't happen. Well, it did happen. You hollowed out the armed forces. We're correcting you. I tell you what else, when we came into power, public services were on their knees. Today we've seen the fastest fall in NHS waiting list

Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 1 July 2026, 4:04-4:09
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Story begins Two police officers investigated for gross misconduct over Henry Novak murder
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Charged quote Two police officers investigated for gross misconduct over Henry Novak murder

is still considering other things. They're considering whether race or religion may have played a part in the decision-making of officers. Of course, the release of the footage we've just shown you sparked widespread outrage and sparked protests in Southampton too. So a wide-reaching investigation by the IOPC but ultimately trying to work out why there was such a difference in treatment

Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 1 July 2026, 19:27-19:33
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Charged quote Two police officers investigated for gross misconduct over Henry Novak murder

sparked widespread outrage and sparked protests in Southampton too. So a wide-reaching investigation by the IOPC but ultimately trying to work out why there was such a difference in treatment between that afforded to a murderer and to his victim. Barnaby, thank you. The family of a three-year-old boy who was injured after ending up in a crocodile enclosure have called

Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 1 July 2026, 19:33-19:46
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Story begins England beat DR Congo 2-1 in World Cup round of 32

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