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.