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Sir Keir Starmer argues he has made "hard-edged" decisions, one day after his defence secretary quit in a row over money.
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Al Carns cited his opposition to the bill as one of the reasons why he quit the government on Thursday.
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A small, eccentric electorate gets to oust the UK’s leaders and then chooses largely inadequate replacements. It’s an absurd process and we’re locked into it againOne thing is clear. British politics has yet to rid itself of the torments of the past decade. The resignation of Keir Starmer’s defence secretary, John Healey, and the armed forces minister, Al Carns, indicates that the prime minister lacks cabinet support for his chancellor’s desperately needed budgetary balance. This gives ever grea
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Al Carns quit as the armed forces minister in a row over defence spending, hours after John Healey also quit as defence secretary.
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Everyone here knows this is a sliding doors moment. A win could be a new beginning for the party, a loss an unimaginable calamity They flock to Makerfield from everywhere: canvassers and camera crews, MPs, peers and volunteers, from Swansea to Gateshead, 700 a day to help the Labour campaign. Every door has already been knocked four times, boasts the Burnham team.How does it feel for voters to be the most important constituency in living memory? Most are quite pleased, bar the usual “we only se
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The contraction in April comes after the economy saw stronger than expected growth in March.
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Victims who were abused and prosecuted as children are still being failed, says grooming report author.
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The Trump-backed candidate is running as a Republican in the deeply liberal state on a platform that he says isn't beholden to party ideology.
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The resignations of the defence secretary and armed forces minister pile the pressure further on the PM's leadership.
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Al Carns says the military isn't "sufficiently funded", as Dan Jarvis becomes the new defence secretary.
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Healey and Carns spell out why they have quit government in letters to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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John Healey is right about the risk of wars. But it has become politically treacherous for Nato leaders to borrow for defenceSince the historic Nato summit in The Hague one year ago this month, European leaders have pledged massive increases in defence spending in the face of increasingly acute threats of Russian aggression. Yet the reality is that key west European governments – especially the UK, France and Italy – are not putting their money where their mouth is for fear of undermining lender
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There is no narrative to convince the British public that difficult economic decisions on defence will be worth itUK politics live – latest updatesAs Labour MPs set out the case for change in the tea rooms and bars of Westminster, there is usually one caveat. They believed the prime minister was an asset when it came to national security and had performed beyond expectations on the world stage.Now that reputation too lies in tatters, after the resignation of John Healey with one of the most quie
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He served through the eras of Blair, Brown, Miliband and Corbyn in a party that knows and respects him. It will matter that even his patience has run out John Healey is not a rash man. Slow to anger, calm in a crisis, loyal and yet beneath it all, formidably determined. He stuck at it through the Jeremy Corbyn years, much as he privately despaired of where the party was heading, keeping his thoughts to himself because all he wanted was for Labour to win again. When it did, under Keir Starmer, h
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The defence secretary was pressing the prime minister for a larger increase in defence spending than he was offered, the BBC understands.
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The defence secretary was pressing the prime minister for a larger increase in defence spending than he was offered, the BBC understands.
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Data shows sharp rise in number of children getting extra support and highlights pressure on schools, families and councilsMore than one in five pupils in England now have special educational needs, as the latest official figures show a sharp increase in the numbers of children receiving extra support in school.The annual data from the Department for Education (DfE) confirms predictions of an increase in families seeking education, health and care plans (EHCPs) – the individual agreements detail
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John Healey has resigned as defence secretary over the government’s military spending plans, in another significant blow for Keir Starmer. In a scathing letter to the prime minister, Healey said the long-awaited defence investment plan “falls well short of what is required for defence” and that he would have had to take decisions that “could make Britain less safe”. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to the Guardian’s policy editor, Kiran StaceyHealey quits in row with Starmer over military spending Continue
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Epping Forest District Council says it was not expecting the latest development.
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BBC Verify looks at the size of the UK military after Lord Robertson criticises the government over defence spending.