Healey says he was told the spending plans on Monday afternoon - and now has "no other option than to submit my resignation".

Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government after a dispute over defence spending.

The cabinet minister says funding for a new defence investment plan "falls well short of what is required".

John Healey quits in a hammer blow to Keir Starmer, saying delayed defence plans leave forces vulnerable. John Healey's bombshell resignation letter in full as he quits as Defence Secretary Children w

In a letter to the prime minister, he says the defence investment plan "does not give our forces the resources they need".

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned because he says the government isn't willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threats

Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned from Keir Starmer's government. In a letter to the prime minister, he said the UK's defence investment plan "falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time".

John Healey has resigned as UK defence secretary, accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to properly fund the Defence Investment Plan (DIP). In a letter to Starmer, Healey said the prime