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Starmer delivers his long-awaited defence plan
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Sir Keir Starmer has announced his defence investment plan, with £15bn of extra spending funded in part through cuts to energy and road projects. We ask a NATO defence minister if Britain still needs to do more. As Andy Burnham prepares for power, we hear from one of his closest political allies - Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotherham - about their grand plan to shift power out of Whitehall. Yet another report has sharply criticised NHS maternity services. We speak to the senior midwife who wrote the last one, Donna Ockenden.

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