John Healey announced his resignation as defence secretary on Thursday afternoon

Defence secretary John Healey is the sixth Labour minister to resign in the past month alone

The softly spoken Yorkshireman has held ministerial roles across housing, local government, and the Treasury

He earlier said they ‘deserve some recompense’, but has now rowed back on that position

Kemi Badenoch says Sir Keir’s premiership is ‘falling apart’ with one week still to go in crucial by-election

Sir Keir Starmer says he has taken ‘hard-edged’ decisions to increase defending spending