01/06/2026
Probably because they cannot afford its' contents without even more huge tax rises they know the public won't swallow, as they've already used any goodwill that ever existed using tax hikes to increase benefits, chase net zero, hand out whopping 30% pay rises to everyone to appease the unions and now servicing all that debt.
As Liam Byrne said in note when leaving office in 2010, “Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam.”
Labour promised to publish their plan to fund our defence in Autumn last year.
9 months on, and there is still no sign of it.
If they won’t act, we will vote to force Keir Starmer to publish the plan within one month.