Air chief marshal Sir Richard Knighton, chief of the defence staff, warned that operations will have to be ‘dialled back’ unless new money is found

Starmer ‘can’t sack him or let him resign’, says ally of Dan Jarvis after predecessor’s resignation

Keir Starmer, who is scrambling to find more money to fund military spending after two defence ministers resigned last week, will head to the G7 summit in France on Monday