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David Lynch

Defence funding plan ‘will provide’ enough for armed forces, Starmer insists

Sir Keir Starmer has responded to John Healey’s resignation (House of Commons/PA) - (PA Media)

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted a key defence funding plan “will provide the resources our military needs to keep us safe”, after John Healey resigned as defence secretary, accusing the Prime Minister of failing to give enough towards it.

Mr Healey resigned on Thursday afternoon, and said the Prime Minister had been “unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling”, to provide adequate funding for the Defence Investment Plan (Dip).

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