New defence secretary Dan Jarvis leaves 10 Downing Street.Whitehall departments are facing further spending cuts to provide more cash for Britain’s armed forces, a cabinet minister has said.
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy said discussions between No.10 and ministers were happening “in real time” to find extra money for the government’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP).
Her comments came just days after John Healey quit as defence secretary, saying the £13.5 billion extra being given to his department was not enough to keep the country safe.
In a blistering resignation letter, he accused Keir Starmer of being “unable” to get more cash out of chanc...
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