John Healey and his No2 quit as Starmer and Reeves put welfare and Net Zero before national security - all while military leaders warn we haven't faced such a global threat for generations ⊖
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Rachel Reeves
26 days ago
John Healey accused the Prime Minister of being too weak to face down Rachel Reeves over the defence of the nation.
Revealed: Healey's 'stand up row' with Reeves - and how Starmer's decision to back his Chancellor forced the defence secretary to quit ⊕
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Storm clouds were gathering over the Ministry of Defence 24 hours earlier when the former defence secretary had what friends describe as a 'stand-up row' with Rachel Reeves.
Now Keir Starmer's own 'cost of living tsar' joins calls for pension triple lock to be axed... after Rachel Reeves' favourite think tank demanded scrapping of 'wasteful' policy ⊖
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Richard Walker, the boss of supermarket Iceland, branded the policy 'mathematically unsustainable, politically untouchable and profoundly unfair'.
QUENTIN LETTS: Reeves has been prancing around claiming to be an agent of stability. Healey blew up that brazen lie with a deadly epitaph ⊖
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Healey's letter of resignation blamed both Sir Keir Starmer ('unable to commit the resources needed to defend the country') and Rachel Reeves ('unwilling').
27 days ago
John Healey quits as defence secretary in row over military spending plans ⊖
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Minister accuses Keir Starmer of putting UK’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats
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The defence secretary, John Healey, has resigned over the gov…
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