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John Healey in quitting the government in a dispute with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over funding for the military. Al Carns resigned
resignation of John Healey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-defence-secretary-resignation-letter-what-it-said-meant) as defence secretary last week. The air chief marshal was asked by George Robertson, the chair of the Lords international relations and defence committee, what the “capability implications
resignations of Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns last week, who [quit the government over a dispute with Sir Keir over funding for the military
resignation of John Healey, said: “Operations like this require skill, professionalism and courage. I pay tribute to our armed forces personnel and all those involved. “Russia relies on its shadow fleet to fund their conflict
John Healey, resigned their posts after a [protracted row over the defence investment plan](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-resigns-defence-secretary-military-spending) (Dip). They said the plan, which has faced repeated delays, is seriously underfunded and falls short of what
military and spending it on the wrong weapons. Carns quit the government on Thursday night, hours after the resignation [of his boss, John Healey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-resigns-defence-secretary-military-spending), after a protracted row over the defence investment
military spending, say sources The new defence secretary is to revisit a controversial plan for funding the armed forces and may return to demand more cash from the Treasury, allies have said. Multiple government sources
John Healey has quit as defence secretary amid a battle within government over funding for a long-delayed military spending plan. He said a proposed settlement for the defence investment plan (DIP) "falls well short
John Healey resigned as defence secretary last week, claiming the proposed cash settlement "would reduce the readiness of our Forces and increase the risk to personnel on operations". In a Commons statement earlier on Tuesday
John Healey made scathing criticisms, accusing the PM of being "unable" to commit to the spending needed to keep the country safe. Sir Keir said he was grateful to Healey for his work but rejected
John Healey’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) demanding an additional £18.5bn over four years to fund the [defence investment plan](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/09/rows-over-defence-investment-plan-have-badly-harmed-cabinet-relations), there was no such lever to hand. Instead, asked to find
John Healey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-resigns-defence-secretary-military-spending) with one of the most quietly damning letters that many can remember. Not a departure over ambition – though Healey certainly has it – but on principle. It is a rare thing
John Healey on Thursday, said he had a responsibility to ensure the armed forces got the equipment and funding they needed. He said: "That is the challenge that we have at a point of constrained
John Healey was privately pushing for the UK to join an international investment bank to raise more money for defence spending, BBC News has been told. Allies of Healey claim the Treasury tried to shut
funding deal offered to Healey wasn't enough to keep him The surprise thing about John Healey's resignation is that he never looked like a quitter. He has always been a loyal minister
John Healey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/john-healey), the former defence minister Al Carns and the country’s current senior military officer, Rich Knighton. All three accused Starmer of underfunding the military amid a bitter row over
military. The political row over whether the UK government is spending enough to keep Britain safe and fulfil its international commitments broke into the public sphere with the resignation of defence minister John Healey last
John Healey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/john-healey) last week. The [new defence secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/jun/12/who-is-dan-jarvis-the-new-defence-secretary-replacing-john-healey), flanked supportively in the Commons by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said the Smyrtos had been “closely tracked” as he faced
funding that had been allocated: their eyes were bigger than their budgets. And inflation meant that costs of existing programmes had gone up too. While John Healey is that most unusual of politicians
John Healey's resignation, the prime minister wrote: "The world today is more dangerous and uncertain than at any point in our lifetimes". The nature of warfare is also changing. Less need, perhaps, for traditional