UK defence secretary resigns over spending plan

John Healey says Keir Starmer ‘unable’ and Treasury ‘unwilling’ to provide essential budget Minister accuses Starmer of being ‘unable to commit the resources to defend the country at this time of rising threats’• UK politics live – latest updatesThe defence secretary, John Healey, has resigned over the government’s defence spending plans.The long-awaited defence investment plan (DIP) was expected to be published imminently, but in a letter to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, Healey said it fell “well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time”.