Repeated delays to the UK's multibillion-pound F-35 fast jet programme, because of a lack of cash, has increased costs and harmed the plane's ability to fight, a report by MPs has said. Exacerbating the problem, an "unacceptable" shortage of pilots and engineers is limiting how often the aircraft can fly, the Public Accounts Committee revealed. It also raised questions about a major announcement by Sir Keir Starmer in June that the UK would purchase a variant of the aircraft that is able to