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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Matt Watts,Megan Howe and Rachael Burford

Al Carns resigns: Armed Forces Minister quits cabinet hours after Defence Secretary as Starmer crisis deepens

Armed Forces Minister Al Carns has joined Defence Secretary John Healey in resigning over Sir Keir Starmer’s military spending plan.

In another hammer blow to the Prime Minister’s authority, Mr Carns quit from his role as he criticised Sir Keir's Defence Investment Plan (DIP), saying it is "neither transformative enough nor sufficiently funded".

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