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Healey resignation:
"Without a DIP (Defence Investment Plan) that meets the moment in this way, I am being forced to make decisions that would reduce the readiness of our Forces and increase the risk to personnel on operations, and could make the country less safe."
On the week of the govt’s U-turn over winter fuel payments, McFadden told Mandelson the situation "doesn't feel good for Keir".
Speaking about conversations with Labour MPs, McFadden said: "Every meeting I have is 'who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others'. They're asking the wrong qs"👇
Resharing this piece I wrote over a year ago, in which defence figures, including former ministers, told me the UK is not currently capable of defending itself from attack....
Former Labour defence secretary Lord Hutton tells me Starmer's credibility "will be shot" if he doesn't rethink military spending plans in the wake of Healey's resignation
Resignation is a "colossal failure of govt" +UK should be "ashamed"
+ Govt should increase borrowing to fund defence spending
Lib Dem deep dive with @zoecrowther.bsky.social
đź’Ąstrategy "rethink" underway at top of the party
đź’Ąacceptance among senior Lib Dems that it is time to look at changing the approach
đź’Ąparty undergoing policy overhaul- key areas of discussion include the economy, welfare, and a bolder stance on the EU
My alma mater has become the first Russell Group uni to have a ratified Restore Britain student society
I spoke to the group's president about hopes to campaign in Makerfield, why Musk's support could be a "double-edged sword", and why his favourite historical figure is the (not British) Napoleon
My alma mater has become the first Russell Group uni to have a ratified Restore Britain student society
I spoke to the group's president about hopes to campaign in Makerfield, why Musk's support could be a "double-edged sword", and why his favourite historical figure is the (not British) Napoleon
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In the latest example of @zackpolanski.bsky.social bid to develop ties with unions, he is expected to tell UCU govt should stop treating uni students like customers
+ expected to warn that academics nationwide are facing "shattered morale, crushing workloads, and stifled innovation"
Wes Streeting has said Reform response to Henry Nowak's murder “has echoes of the 1930s”
“To weaponise it against their political opponents, and to stoke rage, and to incite rage is really dangerous, and it's not too dramatic to say this has echoes of the 1930s," he told a reception on Wednesday
York Uni's Restore Britain society is the first to be ratified at a Russell Group
Its president talks to @matildamartin.bsky.social about Rupert Lowe, why "the cultural decline of England and its native people" is for him the biggest issue, and why Napoleon is his favourite historical figure
The former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson told Pat McFadden that Keir Starmer's No 10 operation required a "complete revamp and infusion of purpose" in a series of WhatsApp messages last year, the latest tranche of documents relating to Mandelson’s appointment show
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The former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told a cabinet minister that Keir Starmer's No 10 operation required a 'complete revamp and in...
NEW: Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned from government over defence spending plans
In his letter of resignation to Starmer, Healey said the financial settlement "falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time"
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John Healey has resigned as defence secretary warning that Keir Starmer's military spending plans fall way short.
