Obama Pushes Cameron On Defence Spending
The Prime Minister has declined to commit Britain to spending 2% of its national income on defence, in the long term, in a meeting with the ...
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The Prime Minister has declined to commit Britain to spending 2% of its national income on defence, in the long term, in a meeting with the ...
Five years after Britain scrapped the Nimrod maritime surveillance aircraft, the issue of whether an island nation needs a plane to patrol ...
The government has announced that £500 million is to be cut from Britain’s defence spending this year. The Chancellor wants the Defence ...
The SNP has praised the role of HMS Bulwark and its crew in rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, in the first Prime Minister's Questions ...
Iraq's prime minister has accused the international coalition of not doing enough in the fight against Islamic State. Haider Al-Abadi was ...
Michael Fallon has rejected reports that the defence budget is facing £1 billion of cuts in the next few weeks. The Defence Secretary told ...
An investigation into claims made by a Royal Navy submariner has found no safety or security breaches on Britain’s nuclear armed submarines ...
Her Majesty The Queen has outlined plans for a review of Britain’s Armed Forces at the State Opening of Parliament. Also pledged in the ...
The Prime Minister is facing renewed pressure to continue meeting the NATO defence spending target of two per cent of national income. Three ...
People who leave the Armed Forces often go through a radical career change, but for Tom Tugendhat it's been bigger than most. Mr Tugendhat ...
A lot has happened in the 7 weeks that Parliament was in recess for the election.Now MP’s who are returning to the House of Commons, or ...
There are now two reservists working as defence ministers after the completion of the reshuffle at the Ministry of Defence.Michael Fallon is ...
Former Army paratrooper Dan Jarvis has ruled out himself out of the Labour leadership contest, saying he is putting his children before his ...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has been speaking to Forces TV after retaining his seat. Mr Fallon won by a landslide in his constituency ...
It would be "irresponsible folly" for the next Government not to renew Trident, a group of former defence and security chiefs have warned. A ...
General Sir Nick Parker was a key figure in the effort to balance the Army's books after the last Strategic Defence and Security Review in ...