UK Armed Forces Minister Al Carnes has resigned, citing the government's failure to provide adequate equipment and support for service members. In his resignation statement, Carnes said he repeatedly raised concerns with the Prime Minister's office but was not heard.
Al Carnes, the UK Armed Forces Minister, resigned on Saturday evening, becoming the second senior defense official to leave the government in recent days. In his resignation letter, Carnes wrote: "We owe those who serve Britain the equipment needed to carry out their mission, and the loyalty to stand by them after it is done. We are failing on both." He said he had repeatedly made this argument to the Prime Minister's office but was not listened to. The resignation follows that of Defense Secretary John Healey, who resigned earlier over the government's spending plans, as The Zioneer previously reported. Carnes's departure deepens the turmoil within the UK government over defense budget priorities.
2 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake