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The "routine" practice of recruiting 16 year olds into the Armed Forces has to stop, a Labour MP has argued. Alex Cunningham hosts a debate on the matter in Westminster Hall today. In an article for the Central Lobby, he writes: "It strikes me as amazing that in the 21st century we have 16 year olds making a decision to sig...
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised MoD officials for their role in the “sorry saga” of procuring fighter jets for Britain’s new aircraft carri...
Julian Brazier said a reduction in senior army officers was necessary to keep the age of the organisation down. “It’s sad that they have to be made redundant, but...
MOD press release The MoD has signed a £15 million contract to replenish the Army's stock of supersonic Hellfire missiles used by Apache helicopters. The 100lb...
Public Accounts Committee press release The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said: "The Ministry of Defence has made a...
Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, told the Sunday Politics that the Government were planning to offer employers cash as an incentive to allow staff to join the ...
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