On the recordJune 12, 2026
I cannot "in good conscience stand at the dispatch box and defend a level of investment I know to be inadequate to the task".
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Al Carns
Labour Party
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bbc.comEditor's note · Context
Resignation letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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