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 "slug": "uk-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigns-defence-investment-plan-funding-jarvis-carns",
 "title": "UK Defence Secretary John Healey Resigns Over the Defence Investment Plan Funding Settlement",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigns-defence-investment-plan-funding-jarvis-carns/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigns-defence-investment-plan-funding-jarvis-carns/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-11T17:40:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:41.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 11 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * John Healey resigned as UK Defence Secretary on 11 June rather than sign the funding settlement behind the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer the Treasury had been “unwilling … to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats”\n * He judged the settlement “falls well short of what is required,” warning it would force decisions that “reduce the readiness of o",
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