An ex-Nato chief has slammed Sir Keir Starmer over "corrosive complacency" and has warned Britain's national security is "in peril".
Lord George Robertson, former Nato General Secretary and author of the Government's Strategic Defence Review (SDR) has slammed the Prime Minister, saying he is "not willing to make the necessary investment" to protect the UK.
Also, he will be giving a speech in Salisbury today (Tuesday) where he will say: "We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe...
"Britain's national security and safety is in peril."
Having led Nato from 1999 to 2003, Lord Robertson will also say in his speech that "non-military experts in the Treasury" causing "vandalism".
He will continue: "There is a corrosive complacency today in Britain's political leadership.
"Lip service is paid to the risks, the threats, the bright red signals of danger - but even a promised national conversation about defence can't be started."
In an interview in the Financial Times, the peer also referenced the "ever-expanding welfare budget" as a reason why we cannot "defend Britain".
Lord George Robertson and Sir Keir Starmer in 2024
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The SDR, delivered in June last year, was "backed by the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War, with a total of over £270billion being invested across this Parliament", a Government spokesman said.
However, the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is still outstanding, as Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Opposition pointed out in the House of Commons on Monday.
Sir Keir has previously said the DIP was being "finalised".
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