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Sir Keir Starmer has said he will do what is needed to keep the United Kingdom safe after John Healey resigned as Defence Secretary over the Government’s defence spending plans. Healey said the Defence Investment Plan did not provide sufficient resources for the Armed Forces at a time of increased international threats.
Starmer said in a letter to Healey that the Government accepted the need to go further on defence. He said the plan would deliver an increase in defence spending in a sustainable way and would give the military the resources it needed, as well as greater certainty for the defence industry.
Dan Jarvis has been appointed Defence Secretary following Healey’s resignation. Al Carns also resigned as Armed Forces Minister, leaving the Government facing further questions over the publication and funding of the Defence Investment Plan.