Defence

The Archbishop of York warns that defence cuts will compromise Britain’s safety as he delivers his Christmas message to soldiers serving overseas.

In a visit to Camp Bastion, David Cameron says that Afghans will welcome the chance to police themselves and that the removal of British troops by 2014 is based on “success, not failure”.

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.

Some 2,000 demonstrators rally at City Hall where loyalists torch an Irish tricolour but there were no immediate reports of clashes. Police blame paramilitaries for violence over the flag.

Influential economic think tank the IFS warns of drastic cuts and a million more paying higher rate tax if the government is to make the books balance.

Exclusive: In the first of our Lost War films, three families whose sons were killed in Afghanistan tell Channel 4 News their loved ones died because their vehicles were not up to scratch.

The UK Border Agency plans to change the rules to allow foreign and Commonwealth soldiers who risked their lives for Britain to avoid deportation – even those with minor criminal convictions.

As another US general becomes embroiled in the scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus, Felicity Spector sifts through the details of a story that gets more unbelievable by the day.

David Cameron is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the start of a three-day trade visit to the Middle East aimed at securing major UK arms deals with states in the region.

With polls suggesting public support for Nato in Scotland, the SNP is to debate dropping its 30-year-old opposition to membership of the organisation.

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.

Former head of British armed forces Sir Mike Jackson says Britain should think ‘long and strategically’ about the proposed merger of EADS and BAE Systems.

A report into Britain’s spending on military drones over the last five years reveals the most clear evidence yet that the future of warfare is unmanned and remote-controlled.

The government’s decision to scrap Nimrod surveillance aircraft poses a risk to Britain’s security, according to an all-party committee of MPs.

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.