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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T20:11:49.000Z",
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    "Mr Carns",
    "Keir Starmer rocked by third resignation as Labour 'dark horse' quits over Armed Forces 'failure'",
    "Al Carns's resignation letter – read in full as Armed Forces Minister quits hours after John Healey",
    "There's a simple reason those close to John Healey like myself weren't surprised by his sudden resignation",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSir Keir Starmer has acted swiftly to apoint a new Defence Secretary after John Healey's shock resignation earlier today.\n\nDowning Street confirmed the Prime Minister had appointed Dan Jarvis, the former security minister, to the top job this evening.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe was catapulted into the role less than an hour after Armed Forces minister Al Carns quit from Government, putting an end to a day of bruising resignations in the Ministry of Defence.\n\nThe Barnsley North MP was Labour's security minister for almost two years in the Home Office.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Jarvis, a former Army officer, was originally elected as an MP back in 2011 and became the first Mayor of South Yorkshire in 2018, later becoming Labour's shadow security minister in September 2023.\n\nFollowing the latest appointment to his top team, the Prime Minister said he would \"give our Armed Forces the capabilities they need to defend Britain and keep our nation secure\".\n\nHe added: \"My first duty is to keep the British people safe, and I will always do what is necessary to protect our national security.\"\n\nEarlier today, Mr Healey triggered a day of revolt for Sir Keir after the Yorkshire MP quit as Defence Secretary earlier today, ripping into a lack of funding allocated to the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP).\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough accused Sir Keir and the Treasury team of failing to secure sufficient resources to protect Britain.\n\nEarlier in the evening, Mr Healey's Parliamentary Private Secretary also quit her frontbench role in another damning resignation over the state of Britain's defence spending.\n\nPamela Nash, who was elected as the Labour MP for Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke, told Sir Keir that Labour \"must do better\".\n\nAnd, mere hours after Mr Healey tendered his resignation, Mr Carns accused the Prime Minister of \"asking our Armed Forces to operate in a more dangerous world on a budget written for a calmer one\".\n\n### LABOUR LATEST:\n\n\n\n\n  * Keir Starmer rocked by third resignation as Labour 'dark horse' quits over Armed Forces 'failure'\n  * Al Carns's resignation letter – read in full as Armed Forces Minister quits hours after John Healey\n  * There's a simple reason those close to John Healey like myself weren't surprised by his sudden resignation\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHis criticism of the DIP echoed that of the former Defence Secretary, who described Sir Keir and his Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, of being \"unwilling\" to supply adequate funding to Britain's defences.\n\nHe wrote: \"The excellent and extensive cross-government work that completed in January - overseen by you, me and the Chancellor - confirmed the scale of the challenge and the rising demands on defence.\n\n“Since then, you have been unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats.\"\n\nHe said that \"demands on defence have increased still further\", citing the Iran war and escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Healey's resignation over the repeatedly delayed defence plan has heaped pressure on the Labour chief - just days before Mr Burnham's crunch by-election in Greater Manchester.\n\n_**MORE TO FOLLOW...**\n_\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Keir Starmer acts swiftly to appoint new Defence Secretary after shock John Healey resignation"
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