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Al Carns: “I resigned in June because I did not believe the defence funding on the table was adequate for the threats this country…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2026
I resigned in June because I did not believe the defence funding on the table was adequate for the threats this country faces. I said so publicly and I still stand by every word.
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Al Carns
Labour Party
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bbc.co.uk

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Carns explains his reasons for resigning from the government.

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Jul 23, 2026

Until the country was spending what it needed to spend on defence, I would keep making that case from the backbenches.

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Jul 23, 2026

John resigned for the same reasons I did. He is a man of his word and he has made it clear that he will deliver on the commitments that led him to leave government in the first place.

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Jul 23, 2026

The argument I resigned over has not yet been settled.

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