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• Army planners sent in to help clear Birmingham’s rubbish piles

  14-04-2025 00:40
  Government calls in military experts as month-long refuse workers’ strike brings warnings of public health emergencyOffice-based military specialists have been called in to deal with the mounting piles of rubbish on the streets of Birmingham after a month-long strike by refuse workers.Tens of thousands of tonnes of rubbish have gone uncollected and Birmingham city council has declared a major incident and issued a public health warning since the all-out-strike by Unite union members began
  
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• UK trade minister visits China at same time as head of British military

  11-04-2025 01:00
  Douglas Alexander’s unpublicised trip to talk with counterparts coincides with that of Adm Sir Tony RadakinA trade minister has travelled to China for an unpublicised visit this week at the same time as the head of the British military, the Guardian has learned.Douglas Alexander, the minister for trade policy and economic security, is paying a visit to Beijing this week for talks with Chinese counterparts. He is also due to visit Hainan and Hong Kong. Continue reading...
  
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• US-China trade war surges, overshadowing Trump climbdown

  10-04-2025 19:07 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkThe US-China trade war intensified Thursday, sending the global economy into unknown territory and dampening relief after President Donald Trump’s earlier climbdown from a wider tariff onslaught against the rest of the world. The White House clarified that Trump’s big hike in tariffs on China announced 24 hours earlier had actually taken his total levies […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-trade-war-surges-overshadowing-trump-climbdown-80590/
  
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• US approves $1bn missile sale to Australia

  10-04-2025 19:00 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkThe United States on Wednesday announced the approval of a $1.04-billion sale of up to 200 each of AIM-120C and AIM-120D air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Australia. “The proposed sale will improve Australia’s capability to meet current and future threats by protecting and increasing aircraft survivability,” the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-1bn-missile-sale-to-australia-80582/
  
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• Pentagon chief says US could ‘revive’ Panama bases

  10-04-2025 18:59 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday floated the idea of US troops returning to Panama to “secure” its strategically vital canal, a suggestion quickly shot down by the country’s government. During a visit to Panama, Hegseth suggested that “by invitation” the United States could “revive” military bases or naval air stations and rotate deployments […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-chief-says-us-could-revive-panama-bases-80
  
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• NATO chief says China military expansion ‘staggering’

  10-04-2025 02:01 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkChina’s expansion of its armed forces is “staggering”, NATO’s chief said on a visit to Japan beginning Tuesday aimed at “projecting” the alliance’s power in the Asia-Pacific region. “Let us not be naive about China,” secretary general Mark Rutte told the Japan Times. “The build-up of their armed forces and investments in their defence industry, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-chief-says-china-military-expansion-sta
  
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• Iranian FM warns Trump against ‘military option’

  08-04-2025 22:35 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkIran’s top diplomat on Tuesday warned US President Donald Trump to put aside a military option ahead of nuclear talks, saying that Tehran will never accept “coercion.” In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi repeated earlier statements to Iranian state media that a deal would be possible if the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iranian-fm-warns-trump-against-military-option-80566/
  
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• Germany says adding explosive drones to weapons arsenal

  08-04-2025 22:32 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkGermany said Friday it would buy explosive drones for the first time as Berlin boosts investments in its armed forces to counter the threat from Russia. The government had signed two contracts to purchase so-called loitering munitions, defence ministry spokesman Mitko Mueller said at a regular press conference. Western militaries have looked to the war […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-says-adding-explosive-drones-to-weapons-arsenal-80561/
  
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• US will not let China disrupt Panama Canal: Pentagon chief

  08-04-2025 22:27 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkThe United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday. Hegseth is the second senior US official to visit Panama since President Donald Trump took office in January vowing to “take back” the US-built […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-will-not-let-china-disrupt-panama-canal-pentagon-chief-80557/
  
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• Trojan Horses in Space: Cyber Threats Hidden in Satellite Networks

  08-04-2025 22:01 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkMost of us like satellites. They power our televisions. Allow us to find our way home from anywhere on the planet. They keep us connected to our loved ones, and they do it all from space. Floating in low orbit, these silent sentinels provide so much of the infrastructure for our modern lives. And they […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trojan-horses-in-space-cyber-threats-hidden-in-satellite-networks-80574/
  
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• Iran says deal can be reached if US shows goodwill

  08-04-2025 19:43 via defencetalk.com
  DefenceTalkIran said Tuesday a new nuclear deal could be agreed with the United States provided Tehran’s longtime adversary shows sufficient goodwill in upcoming talks, as Israel warned of military action if talks drag on. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s principal aim remained the lifting of sweeping US sanctions. Their reimposition by President Donald Trump […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-deal-can-be-reached-if-us-shows-goodwill-80570/
  
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• Defence secretary meets family of Kenyan woman allegedly killed by British soldiers

  07-04-2025 14:18
  Relatives of Agnes Wanjiru say 13-year fight for justice has taken ‘heavy toll’ after meeting with John HealeyThe family of a Kenyan woman who was allegedly killed by British soldiers have said their 13-year fight for justice has taken a “heavy toll”, and that they have been offered “too many empty promises” after a meeting with the defence secretary.Agnes Wanjiru was 21 when she disappeared in March 2012. She was last seen in the company of British soldiers i
  
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• Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found

  06-04-2025 16:52
  Defence officials believe Trident nuclear fleet is latest target in Putin’s ‘greyzone’ war with the UKBritain is “behind the curve” in tracking Russia’s deep-sea operations, an ex-minister has said, after spy sensors targeting Royal Navy submarines were found in waters around the UK.Tobias Ellwood, a former defence and Foreign Office minister, called for a huge expansion of the navy’s surveillance capability after it was revealed that a number of Kremlin
  
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• Italy’s Leonardo given £165m UK military helicopter contract

  01-04-2025 16:56
  Extension to deal over Royal Navy’s Merlin fleet comes as government plans to increase defence spendingThe Italian defence company Leonardo has been given a £165m contract extension by the British government for its work maintaining the Royal Navy’s fleet of 54 Merlin helicopters, in an sign of the impact of the UK’s commitment to ramp up defence spending.Keir Starmer’s government, which is planning to increase military spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by
  
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• ‘Remarkable’ Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101

  01-04-2025 16:29
  Veteran lauded for helping preserve history and legacy as well as vital role played during second world warThe Bletchley Park code breaker Charlotte “Betty” Webb has died at the age of 101, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association (WRACA) has confirmed.Arriving at Bletchley from the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) aged just 18, Webb spent four years during the second world war at the code-breaking centre working in various roles. Continue reading...
  
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• John Hemingway obituary

  30-03-2025 18:53
  Irish RAF fighter pilot in the second world war and one of‘the Few’, who later became a wing commanderHis father Basil had thought that his only son might become a doctor, but then his son disliked the sight of blood. So when Gp Cpt John (“Paddy”) Hemingway died at the age of 105, it was instead as the last surviving pilot – and the last surviving Dubliner – to have flown in the Battle of Britain, 85 years ago.He was shot down twice during the battle, and twic
  
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• Papers strewn on Newcastle street feared to be sensitive army documents

  28-03-2025 13:35
  
  MoD urgently investigates after member of public finds documents reportedly including emails and shift patternsThe Ministry of Defence has said it is investigating after piles of papers with potentially confidential UK military information were found scattered along a street in Newcastle.The documents reportedly included army soldier ranks, emails, shift patterns and weapon-issue details. Other papers contained information that appeared to relate to an armoury and an intruder-detection system. C
  
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• Ex-RAF pilot who killed himself and four others on M6 was suicidal, inquest hears

  27-03-2025 17:19
  Coroner records Richard Woods’s death as suicide after he crashed into family’s car while driving wrong wayA former RAF pilot who killed a family of four and himself when he drove the wrong way for more than a mile on a motorway wanted to take his own life, an inquest has heard.Richard Woods was almost four times over the legal drink-drive limit when his Skoda Fabia hit a Toyota Yaris head on, at speed, on the M6 northbound in Cumbria in October last year. A two-thirds empty bottle o
  
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• New spending on drones and lasers will ‘revolutionise’ UK defence, says Reeves

  26-03-2025 20:23
  Chancellor says new money will help turn Britain into a ‘defence industrial superpower’New money for drones and laser weapons to “revolutionise” Britain’s armed forces has been announced by Rachel Reeves as part of a £2.2bn rise in defence spending.Vowing to turn the UK into “a defence industrial superpower”, the chancellor used her spring statement to unveil plans aimed at boosting arms exports and reaching a target of spending 2.7% of GDP on the
  
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• Trump, Hegseth Announce Air Force’s Next Generation Fighter Platform

  21-03-2025 23:20 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkDuring a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Air Force would proceed with the production of the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet platform. Intended to eventually replace the Air Force’s fleet of F-22 Raptors, the NGAD platform is a network-connected family […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-hegseth-announce-air-forces-next-generation-fighter-platform-80553/
  
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• UK to accelerate military planning to support Ukraine, No 10 says

  21-03-2025 18:07
  
  Intensive talks to take place next week on detail and structure of any British deployments if ceasefire deal reachedThe UK is to “accelerate the pace and scale” of its military planning to be ready to support Ukraine, with No 10 saying all options, including troops on the ground, are possible.Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said thousands of troops would be needed to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire and agreement to end the war with Russia, whether by “sea, on land
  
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• ‘As real as it can get’: EU to loan €150bn for European defence from invasion

  19-03-2025 18:19
  
  EU launches scheme to buy more weapons in Europe as Russia remains ‘a threat for the foreseeable future’Europe needs to be able to deter potential invaders by 2030, the EU executive has said as it launched a push to buy more weapons in the bloc and from allied countries, rather than from the US.The UK, US and Turkey will be excluded from defence contracts funded by a €150bn (£125bn) EU loans programme, unless they sign a security and defence partnership agreement with the
  
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• John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

  18-03-2025 00:52
  
  The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105.The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Hemingway, a member of “the Few” who took to the skies during the second world war, died peacefully on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Yemen’s Huthis claim US aircraft carrier attacks

  17-03-2025 12:16 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkYemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they attacked an American aircraft carrier group twice within 24 hours as they prepared for huge rallies on Monday after US strikes left dozens dead. The response from the Huthis follows attacks on Saturday ordered by President Donald Trump that hammered the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, and several other areas, killing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/yemens-huthis-claim-us-aircraft-carrier-attacks-80549/
  
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• Colombia warns Trump against drug blacklisting

  17-03-2025 12:13 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkColombia’s defense minister on Sunday warned Donald Trump’s administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the decision would bring yet more cocaine to the United States. Washington is currently weighing whether to “decertify” Colombia as a partner in the battle against drugs, a move that could restrict millions in US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/colombia-warns-trump-against-drug-blacklisting-80545/
  
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• Lords watchdog investigates Richard Dannatt after Guardian revelations

  14-03-2025 15:45
  Peer and former head of army offered to secure meetings with ministers for potential commercial clientThe House of Lords watchdog has started an official investigation into revelations that a peer offered to secure meetings with ministers for a potential commercial client who wanted to lobby the government.The investigation into Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, was announced on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• EU chief calls for defense ‘surge’, says ‘time of illusions’ over

  11-03-2025 12:36 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkEU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called for a “surge” in European defense spending, as the 27-nation bloc faces an aggressive Russia and faltering US support. Addressing lawmakers in Strasbourg, von der Leyen said Europe’s security order was “being shaken,” suggesting the continent could no longer rely on “America’s full protection”. “The time […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eu-chief-calls-for-defense-surge-says-time-
  
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• Moscow targeted by ‘massive’ Ukrainian drone attack

  11-03-2025 12:26 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkUkraine targeted Moscow in a “massive” overnight drone attack, authorities said Tuesday, with Russia’s defense ministry claiming it shot down 337 UAVs across the country. “The Defense Ministry’s air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow,” mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram early Tuesday. Russia’s military shot down 91 drones […]https://www.defencetalk.com/moscow-targeted-by-massive-ukrainian-drone-att
  
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• Dodgy tanks, outdated warships: how can we trust UK defence chiefs to spend our billions wisely? | Richard Norton-Taylor

  10-03-2025 14:41
  The MoD has been scandalously wasteful and opaque in its spending. It has to learn from its mistakes, and fastTwo days after he met the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at his Sandringham estate, King Charles was photographed on the bridge of HMS Prince of Wales. It was a clever move by the navy’s top brass to invite him. They know that the aircraft carrier, and her sister, HMS Queen Elizabeth, are being questioned as luxuries Britain can ill afford. They are completely unsuited t
  
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• US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say

  08-03-2025 09:00
  Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace TridentBritain’s ability to rely on the US to maintain the UK’s nuclear arsenal is now in doubt, experts have warned, but working with European states to replace it will be costly and take time.An existing debate about the future of Trident – Britain’s ageing submarine-launched nuclear missile system – has taken a dramatic new turn in recent weeks amid fears Donald Trump cou
  
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• UK to continue to supply intelligence to Ukraine after US cutoff

  06-03-2025 19:41
  
  Britain will also continue to supply analysis of raw data but will not pass on shared US information, sources say• Europe live – latest updatesBritain will continue to supply intelligence to Ukraine, though the more limited capabilities on offer from London and other European countries will make it difficult to replace the flow halted from the US earlier this week.The UK will also continue to supply its analysis of the raw data, sources said on Thursday, though in line with normal int
  
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• Starmer says it would be ‘big mistake’ to think Ukraine no longer needs military support because peace deal inevitable – as it happened

  06-03-2025 18:21
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereLucy Powell, the leader of the Commons, defended the government’s position on the new Sentencing Council guidelines (see 9.46am) during business questions in the Commons a few minutes ago.She was responding to the Conservative MP Luke Evans who said:When the law favours identity over principle, it ceases to be justice at all. Magna Carta taught us that.So will [Powell] ensure that the justice secretary comes t
  
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• British defence jobs and skills will keep us safe, says the PM. So he’d better buy the UK’s jet, not the US one

  06-03-2025 16:00
  
  Why purchase American-made F-35 jets instead of upgraded T5 Typhoons? Surely that would make a mockery of all he promisedIn his statement to parliament last week, Keir Starmer pledged £13.4bn more spending on defence from 2027, rising to 3% of GDP in the next parliament. This additional spending is critical for our future defence. The House of Lords defence committee has pointed out that decades of underinvestment have hollowed out our defences, and that our vulnerabilities, especially in
  
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• European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks

  06-03-2025 06:00
  
  Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine without necessarily provoking a wider conflict with Moscow, according to a plan drawn up by military experts.Sky Shield, its proponents argue, would be a European-led air protection zone operated separately from Nato to halt Russian cruise missile and dron
  
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• Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Lib Dems mock Badenoch for defending him – as it happened

  05-03-2025 18:53
  Interventions follow US vice president’s comments about ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 40 years’. This live blog is closedIn response to a question about intelligence cooperation with the US, Sir David Manning, a former ambassador to Washington, said he thought this would become “more difficult” because there was a problem of trust. He explained:If you have some of Trump’s appointees in these key jobs who have very strange
  
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• UK defence secretary to fly to Washington to discuss Ukraine

  05-03-2025 01:01
  John Healey to go through European peace proposals with his US counterpart Pete HegsethThe UK defence secretary, John Healey, will fly out to Washington on Wednesday for a two-day trip during which he will meet his counterpart, Pete Hegseth, after the Trump administration’s decision to halt all military aid to Ukraine.Officials said the minister would go through the emerging peace proposals discussed in London by European leaders on Sunday, but it was not clear if he would press for a reve
  
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• VE Day 2025: Tower of London poppies to return to mark 80th anniversary

  04-03-2025 23:30
  
  Four days of events planned in Britain to commemorate eight decades since end of second world war in EuropeFor the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day the Cenotaph will be draped in union flags and there will be a military procession and flypast as well as a new installation of about 30,000 ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, it has been announced.Four days of commemorations will begin on the bank holiday Monday of 5 May in tribute to the millions of people across the UK and Commonweal
  
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• UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments

  04-03-2025 16:09
  
  US vice-president’s comments on proposed Anglo-French deployment to Ukraine prompt outrageThe shadow defence secretary and other MPs have reacted with fury after JD Vance appeared to describe a proposed Anglo-French peace deployment to Ukraine as “20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.It comes after Downing Street said Keir Starmer had spoken to Donald Trump on Monday night, part of continued UK efforts to try to patch up a falterin
  
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• UK defence spending is about to boom – can British firms step up?

  03-03-2025 15:38
  
  Keir Starmer plans to build up UK military, but domestic companies could lose out if it is forced to turn to US weapons insteadEuropean defence stocks soar as arms makers expect orders boomCrowds of people cheered the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier as it sailed out of Portsmouth harbour last week, on its way to join the cream of the Royal Navy for a round trip to Japan later this spring.Only a few months ago rumours were swirling in Westminster that the carrier and its sister ship, HMS Que
  
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• European defence stocks soar as arms makers expect orders boom

  03-03-2025 11:02
  
  Big rises for BAE, Rheinmetall, Thales and Leonardo amid European push to support possible Ukraine peace dealBusiness live – latest updatesShare prices in European weapons companies have soared as investors anticipated significantly higher spending after the UK and France led an effort to form a peace deal for Ukraine.Britain’s BAE Systems rose by 15% on Monday, Germany’s Rheinmetall gained 14%, France’s Thales increased 16% and Italy’s Leonardo was also up 16%. In
  
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• How do we make Europe more secure? Here are five steps we need to take now

  01-03-2025 17:29
  Europe can’t wait to react to Trump’s mood swings but must show we have the will and the wallet to take back control• Ukraine war liveIt’s exhausting and humiliating to have no control – watching every meeting in the Oval Office for a glimmer of Trump’s approval or displeasure, our security resting on a perceived slight or a mood.The last week of meetings between Trump, Macron, Starmer and finally Zelenskyy always felt like crawling across a minefield. Some mig
  
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• Starmer’s cut to aid budget a ‘strategic mistake’, says former army head

  27-02-2025 18:16
  
  Exclusive: Gen Lord Richard Dannatt warns ‘shortsighted’ move will ultimately add to burden on Britain’s armed forcesRichard Dannatt: I ran Britain’s army. I know what it needs. Don’t cut aid to fund defenceKeir Starmer’s decision to reduce the foreign aid budget in order to pay for increased spending on defence is a “strategic mistake” that will ultimately add to the burden on Britain’s armed forces, a former head of the British army has war
  
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• I ran Britain’s army. I know what it needs. Don’t cut aid to fund defence | Richard Dannatt

  27-02-2025 18:13
  
  History shows targeted aid reduces the burden on the military. Labour is risking the very security we are trying to ensureGen Lord Dannatt is a former chief of the general staffStarmer’s cut to aid budget a ‘strategic mistake’, says former army headThe world is more dangerous today than at any time since the cold war. Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine, tensions in the Indo-Pacific, and instability in the Middle East demand that Britain steps up. Our armed forces must
  
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• The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot

  27-02-2025 09:00
  
  So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gatesAll the talk now is of how we might defend ourselves without the US. But almost everyone with a voice in public life appears to be avoiding a much bigger and more troubling question: how we might defend ourselves against the US.As Keir Starmer visits the orange emperor’s court in Washington, let’s first consider the possibilities. I can&rsquo
  
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• Starmer defends slashing aid budget to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - as it happened

  25-02-2025 19:02
  This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, according to James Heale from the Spectator.Niall Ferguson spotted at Kemi Badenoch’s big speech on foreign affairs… hearing we might get some policy tooTractors’ horns interrupt Badenoch’s speech shortly after she begins speaking. Attendant spinner heard swearing furiously Continue reading...
  
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• Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending

  25-02-2025 18:46
  
  PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than plannedKeir Starmer has announced drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a major increase in defence spending, amid fears over Donald Trump’s commitment to European security.The prime minister said the UK government would increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned – as he prepared for what is likely to be a dipl
  
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• Arnold Fothergill obituary

  25-02-2025 16:28
  My father, Arnold Fothergill, who has died aged 85, was a proud Yorkshireman and travelled the world with the British army before returning to his roots.
  His 22 years of military service with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the Royal Green Jackets and then the newly formed Light Infantry took him all over England, to Northern Ireland, and further afield to Germany, Yemen, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Eventually he gained the rank of Warrant Officer 2nd Class, but his happiest time was
  
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• Starmer unlikely to unveil plan for rise in defence spending this week, says minister

  23-02-2025 13:46
  
  Bridget Phillipson calls 2.5% target ‘ambitious’ days before PM meets with Donald Trump in WashingtonKeir Starmer is unlikely to set out a plan this week for when the UK will increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, a cabinet minister has indicated.The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said the target was ambitious, despite Labour previously claiming it would set out a path to meeting the spending goal after the strategic defence review in the spring. Continue reading...
  
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• How UK and EU could find more money for defence without spooking the markets

  23-02-2025 07:00
  
  There is political agreement that Britain and Europe need to increase military spending. But in straitened times, how can it be done?Can Britain increase defence spending without cuts elsewhere?
  Rachel Reeves is constrained by fiscal rules that govern the extent of the UK’s debts and the annual spending deficit by the end of the parliament. Following lower than expected tax receipts and higher borrowing costs in the current financial year, it looks likely that the chancellor will need to m
  
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• Jaysley Beck inquest prompts flood of testimonies of abuse in UK military

  21-02-2025 15:26
  
  Ministry of Defence says lessons learned from death will make military safer, but victims and families say they have heard it all beforeA soldier left suicidal after complaints about a senior officer were ignored. Two women told they needed to grow up or their heads would be banged together after they complained about sexual harassment by their major. A servicewoman raped and left with post-traumatic stress disorder while her attacker was given a slap on the wrist.Online army forums have been fl
  
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