Gen Lord Richard Dannatt warns strategic review risks being ‘hollow’ and a ‘failure’ if spending is not increased

Keir Starmer will be consigned to the “bin of history” if he fails to raise defence spending, a former head of the British army has said.

Gen Lord Richard Dannatt believes the forthcoming strategic defence review risks being “hollow” and a “failure” unless the prime minister and his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, find ways of increasing the defence budget.