Badenoch calls for PM to resign if he cannot prove defence plan protects UK

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch was speaking at a press conference in central London (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister should resign if he cannot prove that the long-delayed defence investment plan will “protect our national security”, Kemi Badenoch has said.

The Conservative leader also offered to lend the votes of her MPs to Sir Keir Starmer, or another prime minister should he lose a leadership challenge, to pass welfare cuts through Parliament to pay for defence hikes.