Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns resigned on 11 June over the government's military funding plans, which they said were insufficient for current threats. The departures mark the seventh and eighth ministerial resignations in a month, intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer amid a broader Labour leadership crisis.
Defence Secretary John Healey resigned on 11 June in protest over the government's proposed Defence Investment Plan, according to the BBC [1, 3, 7]. In his resignation letter, the BBC reports Healey criticised the plan as insufficient to meet the armed forces' minimum resource requirements [6]. Hours later, Armed Forces Minister Al Carns also stepped down, stating the plan was "not built for the current threat and not sufficiently funded" [1, 7].
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