MOD cost-cutting crippled RAF's F-35 capability and left jets short of crews, PAC report finds
The committee report highlighted that the MOD's decision-making affected the F-35's capability, flight availability, and value for money
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Politics Government plans to shift migrants from hotels to two military barracks in new move
Around 900 migrants will be moved into Cameron Barracks in Inverness and the Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex
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Politics UK to spend 'well over £100m' putting boots on the ground in Ukraine, Defence Secretary says
It is understood that the cost would cover the initial deployment of troops and aircraft, and is a separate cost to the £4.5bn in military ...
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Politics Deadly Shahed drone on show in Parliament as Speaker warns frontline is getting closer
Sir Lindsay Hoyle was addressing 400 MPs and standing just metres away from what is believed to be one of the original 6,000 Shahed drones
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Politics Poll results: What you said about change to Renters' Rights Bill and if it will improve military housing
47% of users who voted in the poll said that Parliament agreeing to hold the MOD to the same standards as civilian landlords is a big step ...
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CSG25 HMS Richmond arrives in Mumbai as UK signs major defence deals with India
The visit comes as PM Sir Keir Starmer meets India's prime minister and the UK secures new defence contracts worth more than £600m
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Politics Badenoch: We should be worrying about strength of the military, not prosecuting veterans
The Tory leader's remarks come after her shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge vowed to protect veterans who served in Northern Ireland ...
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Politics Labour's submarine-building plan a fantasy, Cartlidge tells Conservative conference
BFBS Forces News has analysed Kemi Badenoch's defence policies as shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge speaks at the party conference
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Politics Labour Conference: Find out what the party will be doing for the Armed Forces
BFBS Forces News looks at what Labour has unveiled for the military over the past few days during its annual conference
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Politics Armed Forces personnel will get first dibs on homes on MOD land, Defence Secretary says
John Healey said that inadequate housing for military personnel and their families was a cause of the retention crisis
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Northern Ireland UK and Ireland announce Legacy Commission as NI Troubles inquests set to reopen
The Armed Forces Minister told BFBS Forces News the outgoing Legacy Act and its conditional anonymity promise would have been picked apart ...
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Politics Train stations to ports: Surprising places Britain's monarchs have welcomed world leaders
The UK is welcoming US President Donald Trump for a 'historic' second state visit – but how have these ceremonial affairs altered over the ...
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Politics MPs reject bid to place legally binding standards on Ministry of Defence housing
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook told the Commons that a report on the standard of military homes would be published every year instead
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Politics Military sites could be used to house asylum seekers temporarily, Defence Secretary says
Reports suggest new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood could launch a new system of using former military bases to hold asylum seekers "within ...
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Politics Reform UK: Defence priorities for the first 100 days and the future if they win power
BFBS Forces News has analysed Reform UK's defence policies to see what the party would do if they were to seize power
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USA Trump to rebrand Department of Defence as the Department of War, with a warrior ethos
The American president said the name was changed decades ago to be 'politically correct'