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PM promises to spend billions more on weapons factories, drones and submarines but refuses to set date for spending 3% of GDP on defenceKey points of strategic defence reviewKeir Starmer has promised to make Britain “battle-ready” as he unveiled a defe…
Defence secretary says ‘the world is more dangerous’ as he addresses MPs about strategic defence reviewHere is the clip of Keir Starmer in his Today programme interview refusing to say when the government will raise defence spending to 3% of GDP.In an …
Review will call for ‘war-fighting readiness’ to deal with new threats, though army will not grow before next electionAnalysis: Labour pushes ‘military Keynesianism’ to win support for defence spendingBritain needs to be ready to fight a war in Europe …
Government argues investment creates skilled jobs, but others say spending elsewhere would have more impactDefence review to say UK must prepare to fight war in Europe or AtlanticLabour’s push towards increased militarisation, with Keir Starmer already…
Defence secretary acknowledges it will be a number of years before a recruitment drive can be launchedPlans to increase the size of the British Army to deal with new threats identified in Monday’s strategic review will be deferred until after the next …
Plans for £1.5bn investment in munitions manufacturing response to government’s defence review’s call to boost stockpilesThe UK will spend £1.5bn on building six munitions and energetics factories to “better deter our adversaries” as part of its long-a…
Paper is likely to run into two difficulties, people and money, as personnel numbers fall and spending risesBritain may not be at war, but the backdrop to next Monday’s strategic defence review is the greatest geopolitical uncertainty since 1945. A set…
MoD document expected to highlight dangers posed by Russia and China, and shortfall in UK troop numbersBritain is facing “a new era of threat” with drones, artificial intelligence and other technologies changing the nature of warfare more fundamentally…
Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence reviewFormer military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measu…
Simon Case urges ministers to develop new means of launching UK’s nuclear deterrent and says the west needs to ‘get our skates on and be ready’The next 20 years will be dominated by conflict between nations, the former head of the civil service has sai…