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Conflicting reports over future MoD spending
The MoD budget is not guaranteed protection in the 2015-16 spending round after all – the perils of letting the prime minister conduct his own briefings perhaps?
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The Ministry of Defence is strongly criticised by MPs today over the “flawed” decision to switch fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy’s new carriers.
Conservative cabinet members, junior ministers and party enforcers are among around 180 MPs poised to oppose or abstain in a vote on gay marriage, it was claimed today.
The MoD budget is not guaranteed protection in the 2015-16 spending round after all – the perils of letting the prime minister conduct his own briefings perhaps?
David Cameron is travelling to Algeria to step up efforts to tackle the growing terrorist threat in northern Africa after a BP oil plant was seized by Islamist militants and six British hostages died.
The army is considering setting up a military authority similar to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, according to an internal briefing note seen by Channel 4 News.
Up to 5,300 soldiers are being made redundant from the army in the summer as part of the latest round of cuts to the armed forces, the government announces today.
Britain will face “critical shortfalls” in air transport and refuelling aircraft as combat operations end in Afghanistan, the National Audit Office warns.
The government announces that nearly 4,000 British troops will begin the withdrawal from Afghanistan from next April, paving the way for a complete pull-out in 2014.
Britain is to overhaul and consolidate the Territorial Army and regular forces, increasing TA numbers from 25,000 to 30,000 while cutting back on thousands of regular staff.
An initial review into the deaths of a Royal Marine and an army medic in Afghanistan reveals the killings were not caused by “friendly fire”, the Ministry of Defence says.
Britain, France and Germany are trying to rescue a proposed £28bn merger between EADS and BAE Systems, plagued by shareholder criticism and concerns about security, jobs and state involvement.
To anyone who doesn’t live in Wonderland or see Afghanistan through the looking glass it’s clear that things are not going according to plan, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
The Defence Secretary Phil Hammond tells the Commons there will be no change in Nato’s strategy of training Afghan police and soldiers following a spate of rogue attacks.
A senior military officer claims it could take the armed forces two years to recover from the extra deployment of troops for the Olympics.
The donation follows G4S’s failure to train and deploy enough Olympic security staff, forcing more than 4,700 members of the armed forces to be put on standby for the Games.