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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Labour MPs in Civil War Over Another Assisted Suicide Bill

The PLP risks being plunged into further open warfare over whether there should be a new attempt to legalise assisted suicide in the UK. The issue and its voluminous legislation tore the PLP apart in an endless battle during the last session… Now it looks like Labour MPs are set to conclude it’s too much…

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Express Politics12 Jun 2026

Nigel Farage issues stark warning as Keir Starmer engulfed in yet another crisis

Reform UK leader speaks out as embattled Prime Minister is engulfed in defence row.

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The Guardian Politics12 Jun 2026

Reeves grudgingly resorts to departmental salami slicing to fund UK defence budget

Starmer shows no will to pursue the main options for rising commitments: spending cuts, tax rises or borrowing UK politics live – latest updates Business live – latest updates When Keir Starmer wanted to promise Donald Trump that the UK would increase defence spending, he decided to fund it by slashing the UK’s aid budget – losing a cabinet minister, Anneliese Dodds, in the process. This time around, with John Healey’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) demanding an additional £18.5bn over four years

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Express Politics12 Jun 2026

Rachel Reeves has wrecked Keir Starmer's slim hopes of surviving as prime minister

Britain needs a world class military but John Healey quit rather than pretend the cash the Chancellor put on the table is enough to keep the country safe

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Express Politics12 Jun 2026

Desperate Starmer vows to cling on as PM as he issues clear challenge to Andy Burnham

The Prime Minister broke his silence following the bombshell resignation of his defence secretary

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Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Tommy Birch: John Healey’s resignation is proof the government has lost the ability to make hard choices

Healey's critique, that the plan is backloaded when the danger is front-loaded, that the Treasury has prioritised fiscal comfort over national security, and that the armed forces are being asked to operate with reduced readiness, is not a partisan argument. It is a strategic one The post Tommy Birch: John Healey’s resignation is proof the government has lost the ability to make hard choices appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics12 Jun 2026

I have a duty to stay on, says PM as he justifies defence spending

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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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Downing Street Says Defence Investment Plan Is Still Being “Finalised” With Dan Jarvis

The Defence Investment Plan is still being “finalised,” Downing Street has said just now. Clown government latest… At the Lobby briefing of political journalists Starmer’s spokesman said: “Work to finalise the Defence Investment Plan continues at pace with the new Defence Secretary.” Still not ready… The spokesman would not say if Dan Jarvis had approved…

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The Guardian Politics12 Jun 2026

As John Healey goes, the political vultures circle Starmer. And so continues our history of PM-icide | Simon Jenkins

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 again One 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 gre

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Express Politics12 Jun 2026

POLL: Should Labour cut welfare to boost national defence budget? Vote now

John Healey and Al Carns resigned yesterday over Keir Starmer's plan for defence funding

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BBC Politics12 Jun 2026

UK economy contracts as Iran war impact felt

The economy shrank slightly in April as the Iran war began to have an impact on businesses, official data shows.

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

SAS Regimental Association Says Carns’ Resignation Proves Labour Troubles Bill Is “Fundamentally Flawed”

The Special Air Service Regimental Association – of whom the Prince of Wales is patron – has said that Al Carns’ resignation proves the Troubles Bill is not fit for purpose: “The resignation letter of Al Carns as outgoing Minister of the Armed Forces reveals that the government’s approach to dealing with the legacy of…

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