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.

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.

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