
Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending
Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays Hackers HQ and Space Command: how UK defence budget could be spent Boris Johnson has agreed… »
Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays Hackers HQ and Space Command: how UK defence budget could be spent Boris Johnson has agreed… »
Key issues will be resetting UK’s relationships with allies and developing cyber capabilities Boris Johnson has unveiled a post-Brexit review of foreign and defence policy in an attempt to determine… »
MPs dismayed after US defence officials leak news of nuclear weapons deal before parliament is told Britain has committed itself to buying a new generation of nuclear warheads to replace… »
Founding family criticises approval of £4bn deal despite national security concerns The government has been accused of handing control away after it approved a US private equity firm’s £4bn takeover… »
Ministers sign off on £4bn deal saying it won’t compromise national security The government has given the green light to a £4bn takeover of UK defence company Cobham by a… »
Exclusive: Move sparks fears PM will use European security as Brexit bargaining chip Follow the day’s political developments – live Boris Johnson has told Brussels he wants to rewrite the… »
Army turning to younger, poorer, teenagers to fill riskiest roles, say critics of enlistment strategy Britain’s stretched army is increasingly relying on 16- and 17-year-olds to fill its ranks, the… »
Exclusive: Defence secretary Ben Wallace urged to turn ‘shocking trend’ around as matter of urgency Britain faces an army recruitment crisis, with frontline combat units operating as much as 40%… »
Tobias Ellwood denies Britain took ‘eye off the ball’ and says priority is to reduce tensions The defence minister, Tobias Ellwood, has rejected the charge that a British-flagged tanker seized… »
Exclusive: details emerge of dispute over payment to Iran likened to ransom for detainee Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected a plea from the Foreign Office to hand over… »