John Healey has quit as Defence Secretary after accusing Sir Keir Starmer of putting Britain’s security at risk by withholding cash from the Armed Forces.
The Labour veteran announced his shock resignation on Thursday afternoon.
It followed weeks of increasingly bitter wrangling between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury over the heavily delayed defence investment plan (DIP).
In a scathing letter, the Starmer loyalist said he was left with “no other option” after the Prime Minister was “unable, and the Treasury unwilling, to commit the resources the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats”.
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