UK Defence Secretary unexpectedly resigns in major blow to Starmer over ‘inadequate’ defence spending plan
Healey announced his departure in a resignation letter, submitted to Starmer amid a deadlock between the defence and finance ministries.
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British military chief takes rare step of writing directly to Starmer, warns defence investment plans are underwhelming
The letter was sent ahead of a long-awaited announcement on the Defence Investment Plan.
Royal Navy has no available nuclear submarines at sea as entire fleet sits in port
HMS Agamemnon has been officially commissioned but is still in the testing phase.
British defence: Fraudulent, weak and strikes terror into no one
Jonathan Carley, 64, is the latest addition to the UK’s impressive national armoury, doubtless intended to inspire terror amongst Putin’s myrmidons.
UK military to get new powers to shoot down suspicious drones
Britain's armed forces will get new powers to shoot down "unidentified" drones over military bases, defence minister John Healey said, after incidents across Europe…
UK development minister quits over PM Starmer’s cut to aid budget
British international development minister Anneliese Dodds resigned on Friday, February 28, over Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision to slash the foreign aid…
French defence firm Thales investigated over alleged corruption and bribery
French multinational defence and electronics company Thales is under investigation by British and French authorities following allegations of corruption and bribery.
Germany and UK sign landmark defence pact
A new defence pact between London and Berlin will allow for German warplanes to operate off the coast of Scotland.
British Army training for Ukrainian soldiers ‘comes at expense of UK troops’, report finds
British military support for Ukraine has "constrained" its ability to train its own soldiers as it has reduced the availability of facilities to do such, a report…
German UK Ambassador: ‘No need to apologise for security breaches’
Despite, according to some, Germany possibly having endangered allied soldiers after an embarrassing security leak, the country's UK Ambassador Miguel Berger said…
Western history is being constantly denigrated. We are asked to make daily apologies for our past. No wonder the armed forces can’t recruit
Faced with the threat of war with Russia, tens of thousands of Britain’s citizens must be trained as a “citizen army,” according to General Sir Patrick Sanders,…
As we saw before in the 1930s, the West’s moral disarmament is even more dangerous than its military inadequacies
Each year, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a two-minute silence descends upon the whole of Britain.
Ukraine offensive slowed by weeds, UK defence ministry claims
The strong growth of summer vegetation is impairing Ukraine's offensive against Russia, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has claimed.
Ireland has ‘secret defence’ agreement with UK, former Irish minister states
There is a long-standing “secret defence agreement” in place between the UK and its European Union neighbour Ireland, according to a former Irish Government…