### [2026-06-11](/feed/2026/06/11/index.md)

##### Premiership of Keir Starmer
# John Healey resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence in protest at a lack of government funding for the British Armed Forces, saying prime minister Keir Starmer is "putting the country’s security at risk" at a time of "growing international threats". Al Carns, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, also resigns. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgqeg09p3p1t)
2. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-resigns-defence-secretary-military-spending)

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