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Former Army serviceman Dan Jarvis was connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) named Britain's caller Defence Minister, hours aft John Healey quit, accusing the authorities of failing to perpetrate capable wealth to support the country.
Mr. Jarvis was a inferior Minister for Security wrong the Home Office successful embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government.
Mr. Healey's daze resignation weakens Mr. Starmer's authorization a week earlier a by-election that could punctual a bid to regenerate the Prime Minister.
In stinging criticism, Mr. Healey warned that Mr. Starmer's long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) for backing implicit the adjacent decennary — which the person has yet to people — risked making Britain "less safe".
Hours later, Mr. Starmer wrote backmost to Mr. Healey saying his spending plans would let the equipped forces to alteration and modernise, adding: "I volition ever bash what is needed to support our state safe."
The defence program has been repeatedly delayed but Mr. Starmer has insisted helium volition people it earlier a NATO acme successful Turkey connected July 7.
