The prime minister defended the ‘hard-edged decisions’ he has made to cut funding from other departments to spend more on defence As 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 o...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/12/keir-starmer-defence-investment-plan-spending-dan-jarvis-al-cairns-john-healey-latest-news-updates)

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