Osborne’s missionary zeal for cuts
Faisal Islam talks to chancellor George Osborne about cuts, Trident, and the end of “soap opera” government.
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Faisal Islam talks to chancellor George Osborne about cuts, Trident, and the end of “soap opera” government.
“As we reduce our deficits, I think it is very important that we both argue to make sure that the European budget is, over time, reduced rather than increased.” David Cameron, August 12 2010
Campaigners have launched a bid to take the MoD to court over alleged civilian killings by British forces in Afghanistan, uncovered by Wikileaks. Channel 4 News has obtained the legal letter.
Alex Thomson blogs on what the leak of 90,000 documents about military strategy in Afghanistan tells us about the situation on the ground.
“I have often thought whether my predecessor or I should have challenged more,” Baroness Manningham-Buller told the Iraq inquiry in the most haunting quotation of the day.
How does it feel to walk alone towards an unexploded bomb? Channel 4 News is given unique access to one of Britain’s IED units in Afghanistan and reveals a terrifying view of the loneliest job.
An announcement of an inquiry into allegations of complicity in torture by the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) now looks imminent, blogs Gary Gibbon.
After successfully battling to defend the identity of his sources, Alex Thomson, chief correspondent at Channel 4 News, reflects on his part in Bloody Sunday inquest.
When Paul and Rachel Chandler began blogging from their yacht, the Lynn Rival, they did not know their dream trip across the Indian Ocean would turn into a hostage crisis.
Nick Clegg says the MoD employs one civilian for every 2 serving military members of staff – but does his claim give the full picture?
Who’s right on Trident? Liberal democrats, Conseratives or Labour. FactCheck takes a look at Trident.
During PMQs the Prime Minister claimed that there are more helicopters in Afghanistan than every before but was he right?
The claim “The defence budget has been rising every year…. The only time the defence budget has been cut was in the 10 years before 1997” Gordon Brown, Questions to the prime minister, 10 March, 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out Gordon Brown has been under heavy fire from the top military brass in the…
The Iraq Inquiry blogger poses questions that Gordon Brown may face when he gives evidence.
Trooper Pete Sheppard, on the frontline in Afghanistan, writes: “Some of the lads want to just leave the army all together…For me though, the military seems to be the right career.”