See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 09:17 BST, 18 June 2026 | Updated: 09:25 BST, 18 June 2026
Keir Starmer's new Defence Secretary arrived for a Nato summit today with no plan for extra funding.Dan Jarvis stressed the 'challenging' international situation as he walked into the gathering with counterparts at the alliance's HQ in Brussels.Mr Jarvis took over the job a week ago after the dramatic resignation of John Healey, who accused the PM and Rachel Reeves of failing to keep the country safe.That was the culmination of months of haggling over how to fill an estimated £28billion hole in defence budgets over the next four years. The Treasury had only agreed to an uplift of around £10billion, with no target for increasing spending to 3 per cent of GDP in this Parliament.And Sir Keir has signalled that although Mr Jarvis could reprioritise parts of the Defence Investment Plan, he will not have any more cash available. Dan Jarvis stressed the 'challenging' international situation as he walked into the gathering with counterparts at the alliance's HQ in Brussels US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (pictured left with Mark Rutte) is among the ministers in Brussels today
