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Defence Secretary John Healey says he could possibly be compelled to ship his personal baby to battle after son Alex joined the military reserves.
Alex, who’s in his twenties, signed as much as change into an infantryman following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Healey mentioned: “It was very soon after that he came to me and he came to his mum and said, ‘I want to join up. I want to be a reservist.’ That’s what he’s done.”

The Defence Secretary added: “I can understand better the feeling of the families of those who, I hope it doesn’t happen, but if necessary, I will have as Defence Secretary to commit to conflicts where they may be at risk.”

The Government is anticipated to substantiate plans to extend defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP after the re-election of Donald Trump as US president stoked fears about America may scale back its dedication to the defence of Europe.

Meanwhile former Defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace has claimed that “momentum has dropped back” on Ukraine.

Sir Ben advised the BBC that the UK’s management on Ukraine has “started to drop back into the… pack” and mentioned that in an effort to drive change whereas in authorities “you have to really do it every single day”.

The former military officer – who served within the Ministry of Defence underneath the final three Conservative prime ministers – mentioned that Britain’s stance had introduced “lots of Europeans with us”.

His feedback come amid uncertainty over the way forward for US backing for Kyiv after Donald Trump’s election victory this week

Sir Ben advised Radio 4’s Today programme: “What has happened is the leadership that Britain showed right from the start has started to drop back into the sort of pack.”