UK defence minister resigns with stinging rebuke of PM Starmer

British Defence Secretary John Healey sensationally quit on Thursday, accusing beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the finance ministry of failing to commit enough money to protect the country.
His shock resignation deals a fresh blow to Starmer and comes at a precarious moment for the embattled Labour leader, a week before a by-election which could prompt a bid to replace him.
In stinging criticism, Healey warned that Starmer’s long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) for funding over the next decade — which the premier has yet to publish — risked making Britain “less safe”.
“You have been unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit the resources that the natio...