Defence Secretary Resigns Saying Spending Plans ‘Fall Well Short’ (opens in new tab)

Defence secretary John Healey has become the sixth minister to resign from Keir Starmer’s government in the past month, piling yet more pressure on the embattled prime minister. In an unusually detailed resignation letter to Starmer, Healey criticised the government’s military spending plans, which he said fall “well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time” and would leave him “forced to make decisions that would reduce the readiness of our forces”. Follow...