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The UK has “lost momentum” to prepare for war, the architect of the government’s landmark Strategic Defence Review (SDR) has warned.
Gen Sir Richard Barrons , the lead author of the SDR, told The i Paper that Britain is currently “running on luck” and on the “fumes” of the post-Cold War era to protect itself from attack from Russia or other hostile states.
He warned there was a “troubling” lack of urgency from ministers to implement the recommendations of his report – including preparing the UK for war .
One of the core recommendations of the review, endorsed in full by Sir Keir Starmer and Defence Secretary John Healey when it was published in June, was a Defence Readiness Bill. New Feature
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