 'I will be confirming Labour's plans to apply a 'NATO test' to major defence projects in our first 100 days in government to check the UK meets its NATO commitments in full. 'We will review capability gaps, deal with unresolved procurement decisions and make sure our armed forces have the equipment they need to fight and fulfil our NATO obligations.' The visit is the latest stage of Labour's fight to show its loyalty to NATO following Jeremy Corbyn 's reign. The former party leader regularly criticised the alliance, which was founded in 1949 under then Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Keir Starmer has put defence and security at the centre of his mission to drag the party){kind=link}
John Healey travels to Brussels for negotiations with coalition leaders and ambassadors from member countries
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey visits NATO headquarters on Tuesday as he presses home Labour ‘s commitment to the alliance.
The frontbencher’s trip to the 30-member coalition’s Brussels HQ comes just days before Britain falls silent to mark Armistice Day on Friday and Remembrance Sunday this weekend.
Mr Healey’s visit also comes as war wages on mainland Europe as Russians and Ukrainians clash on the battlefield.
The Shadow Cabinet Minister will tell NATO’s Deputy Secretary-General Mircea GeoanÄ that Labour would apply a “NATO test” to all major defence projects to check the UK meets in full its alliance obligations.