The Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned after a dis agreement with Kier Starmer over defence spending plans
He said he was left with no option that to submit my resignation letter’ after failing to secure the funding he says necessary for the defence investment plan
In his resignation letter he says that Starmer and Reeves have been ‘unwilling to commit the resources the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats’
He says that he is ‘certain’ that a target for spending 3% of GDP on defence in 2030 must be set but says the settlement falls ‘well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time’
‘I would not be able to accept a DIP settlement that does not give our forces the resources they need’
