The resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey has laid bare a serious fault line in the government’s approach to defence funding, with warnings from senior Labour figures that the current trajectory poses real risks, not just to military readiness, but to the industrial programmes the supply chain depends on. Speaking to PoliticsHome, Lord Hutton, Labour defence secretary under Gordon Brown, described Healey’s departure as “a colossal failure of government” and said the Starmer administration had “completely failed” to respond to growing global threats. His warning was stark: “otherwise, the government’s entire credibility will be shot.” Healey resigned after receiving the…
