John Healey resigns: PM ‘putting Britain’s security at risk’
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The timing of John Healey’s resignation could hardly have been worse for Keir Starmer.
To lose one minister might be a misfortune, to lose six in the space of a month might look like carelessness, as Prime Minister Starmer’s government was left reeling again, this time by Healey’s decision to step down over defence spending.
In his eviscerating resignation letter, he said the prime minister was “unable” and his chancellor “unwilling” to commit to the defence spending that had b
To lose one minister might be a misfortune, to lose six in the space of a month might look like carelessness, as Prime Minister Starmer’s government was left reeling again, this time by Healey’s decision to step down over defence spending.
In his eviscerating resignation letter, he said the prime minister was “unable” and his chancellor “unwilling” to commit to the defence spending that had b
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