John Healey dramatically quit today accusing Keir Starmer of failing to ‘defend the country’.
The Defence Secretary announced he was resigning with a brutal parting shot at the PM after months of bitter wrangling over funding.
Mr Healey said he could not accept the settlement in the Defence Investment Plan because it fell ‘well short of what is required’ at a ‘dangerous time’.
He suggested the proposals would only boost military spending from 2.6 per cent of GDP next year to just 2.68 per cent in 2030, despite the ‘imperative to speed up readiness to fight’.
Swiping at the PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Mr
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