U.K. Defence Secretary resigns over low funding
U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey resigned on Thursday citing inadequate defence spending by the Keir Starmer-led Labour government. The resignation further weakens Mr. Starmer, who has been beleaguered by internecine battles and will potentially have to face a leadership contest in the coming months.New threats faced by the U.K. required further investment through the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), Mr. Healey said. This had been confirmed by the Labour government. Yet, since this funding assessment was made in January, Mr. Starmer was “unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling” to commit the required resources needed, said Mr. Healey in his resignation letter. The U.K.’s defence challenges had in fact grown since January, Mr. Healey said, with the U.K. “leading the multinational Strait of Hormuz military mission”, High North security and the U.K. leading NATO’s Arctic Sentry mission. Part of Mr. Healey’s criticism was that the government was not ramping up defence spending fast enough to meet its committed expenditure on defence. Under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.K. had agreed to increase defence expenditure, spending 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035.
This is the latest in a series of resignations from the government in weeks. Health Secretary Wes Streeting had resigned in May and indicated that he would run in any contest for No. 10 Downing Street.
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