Resignations in the British government. The Minister for the Armed Forces, Al Carns, resigned a few hours after the Secretary of Defense.

Al Carns, the British Minister for the Armed Forces, announced his resignation on Thursday, shortly after Defense Secretary John Healey resigned, expressing his dissatisfaction with the defense budget proposed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In his resignation letter, Carns emphasized that the issues facing the ministry require government consensus and warned that the defense investment plan is not sufficiently adapted to current threats. Healey also criticized the lack of necessary financial allocations to ensure national security.

These resignations reflect a crisis in Starmer's government, which is facing challenges in increasing defense spending in a difficult economic context. Starmer has promised a significant increase in the defense budget, but criticisms from within the party suggest an erosion of his authority.