It's a critical time for the MoD - so who is Defence Secretary John Healey?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
He is meeting US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday, as he works to bridge the gap on how to reach a Ukraine peace deal.
On today’s podcast, Niall Paterson talks to ex-armed forces minister James Heappey who worked with Healey when he was in opposition, and to Malcolm Chalmers who focuses on UK defence and security at the think-tank RUSI about the challenges the defence secretary faces.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Assistant producer: Millie Gibson
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:06.2 | and plenty of talk of war, who'd be Defence Secretary? John Healy, actually. |
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