Armed forces minister called for ‘new way of governing’ in resignation letter to Starmer – UK politics live

John Healey and Al Carns resigned from their ministerial positions on Thursday over the government’s defence investment planAs armed forces minister, Al Carns was not involved in work on the defence investment plan (Dip). In his resignation letter, he said it was flawed not just because of the amount of funding involved; he also claimed it focused too much on the wrong capability. He said (and I’ve highlighted the key phrases in bold):The character of conflict is changing faster than our procurement can keep up with. We are still purchasing capability suitable for the last war while our adversaries arm