The comments made by Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, on 21 July 2026.
As I said on the steps of Downing Street, we are going to honour our commitments on defence – and use that investment to transform people’s lives.
And we are going to work even more closely with our allies.
So today, we are not just recommitting to our state-of-the-art GCAP fighter programme – but I am delighted to announce that Canada will join the programme as the first Observer Nation.
GCAP is already one of the world’s most ambitious defence and industrial partnerships – supporting 4,500 jobs across the UK. Today’s announcement makes it even stronger.