Defence plan will ensure UK is ready for war, minister says
The Army needs to become "10 times more lethal" to face a "new era of threats", defence secretary says.
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Our flip-flopping leaders are in retreat on defence - unlike Ukraine's tech-savvy army that blitzed Putin's nuclear bombers: TOM TUGENDHAT
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Defence Secretary John Healey spent his weekend performing semantic gymnastics. And the retreat on his commitment to defence spending is the reality behind today's strategic review.
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Labour is accused of making an embarrassing retreat on defence spending as Defence Secretary downgrades 3 per cent GDP military pledge to an 'ambition'
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The Defence Secretary (pictured, with Sir Keir Starmer) has rowed back on a commitment to spend 3 per cent of GDP on national security by 2034.
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Defence review to say UK must be ready to fight a war in Europe or Atlantic
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Review will call for ‘war-fighting readiness’ to deal with new threats, though army will not grow before next election
Analysis: Labour pushes ‘military Keynesianism’ to win support for defence spendi…
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Video: US Defence Secretary warns Chinese invasion of Taiwan ‘imminent’
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that China is preparing to invade Taiwan.
Government WILL meet its target of hiking defence spending to three per cent of GDP by 2034, Defence Secretary insists
Defence Secretary John Healey has insisted the Government will reach its target of hiking defence spending to three per cent GDP by 2034.
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Lead detective denies police errors in mushroom lunch investigation as Erin Patterson trial continues
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Defence argues photos taken by police inside Patterson’s home appear to show computers and a phone that were not seized during search
Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mu…
Britain is set to splash £1billion on an 'army of hackers' to target the likes of Putin
Defence Secretary John Healey said the Government will set up a cyber command to counter a 'continual and intensifying' level of cyber warfare as part of the strategic defence review.
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Defence spending is up — but on all the wrong things
The changing nature of military operations will affect both markets and politics
Defence chiefs spent more than £200million of taxpayers' money on travel and luxury stays - while troops lived in squalid conditions
Defence chiefs spent more than £200 million of taxpayers' money on travel and luxury stays for senior staff last year while troops lived in squalid conditions.