Healey's letter of resignation blamed both Sir Keir Starmer ('unable to commit the resources needed to defend the country') and Rachel Reeves ('unwilling').

John Healey announced he was leaving Cabinet with a brutal parting shot at Keir Starmer after months of bitter wrangling over the Defence Investment Plan.

It’s the latest blow for Britain’s embattled leader, who Healey accused of being unwilling to fund the country’s armed forces.

PM ‘unwilling to commit the resources that the nation needs’ for defence, says Healey, as he also takes aim at Rachel Reeves

Political editor David Maddox highlights how John Healey’s resignation goes well beyond a row over defence spending

The note accompanying the defence secretary’s sudden departure was full of unspoken meanings UK politics live – latest updates

For months a debate has been raging about whether Sir Keir has the authority and courage to face down his party and produce the resources needed to boost Britain's defences. Now…

The British Defense Secretary, John Healey, has resigned, citing in a letter disagreements with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the defense budget. 'This is a letter I never…

John Healey's resignation letter is devastating, lobbing a grenade at the Prime Minister by claiming he is putting the safety of the armed forces and the nation in jeopardy

John Healey’s resignation piles more pressure on the prime minister, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch saying it showed Sir Keir’s premiership is ‘falling apart’

Healey's letter of resignation blamed both Sir Keir Starmer ('unable to commit the resources needed to defend the country') and Rachel Reeves ('unwilling').

The defence secretary’s departure was the wrong resignation at the worst possible time for the prime minister

Editorial: The party stalwart’s blistering attack is not just a problem for the prime minister – it makes the task of a successor far harder

The former Defence Secretary had been considered the most loyal of Starmerites, a long-time friend of Sir Keir and a most unlikely of political assassins.

John Healey's exit sparked a crisis in the Ministry of Defence, with Pamela Nash, a ministerial aide in the department and Rachel Hopkins, another aide, also quitting