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Theresa May’s tough rhetoric against the Russian regime is being undermined by a “business as usual” approach to Russian cash, say MPs.
Britain is to send hundreds more troops to Afghanistan after Gavin Williamson told Theresa May they are needed to tackle the growing threat posed by Isis.
The influential House of Commons Defence select committee has called for ‘a pause’ over the possible privatisation of Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters.
Theresa May has refused to give British troops who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles an amnesty from prosecution.
Jeremy Corbyn will call on the Government to guarantee that new Royal Navy vessels will be manufactured in UK shipyards.
Brussels could be putting lives at risk if the UK is shut out of a €10bn space satellite project, David Davis has warned.
The Foreign Secretary has declared that Britain “has no intention of walking away" from the Iran nuclear deal after Donald Trump dramatically pulled US support for the agreement.
Lieutenant General Mark Carleton-Smith will take over the army’s top job in June, Gavin Williamson has announced.
Minsters are considering restricting British firms’ security cooperation with Europe, as the row over the EU satellite Galileo escalates.
Disagreement over the future of an inquiry into killings that happened during the Northern Irish Troubles caused a Cabinet “spat” yesterday, it has been reported.
Prominent Conservative MP Johnny Mercer has come under fire for suggesting veterans charities overstate the scale of PTSD to make more cash.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has thrown his weight behind calls to waive hefty fees for Afghan interpreters who put their lives at risk serving alongside British troops and now want to settle in the UK.
Britain's enemies are "perilously close" to testing the strength of the country's Armed Forces because the Government is not spending enough money on defence, a former military chief has warned.
Before his appointment as Secretary of State for Defence last autumn, Gavin Williamson built a reputation as an effective, and ruthless, backroom operator. His rise from PPS to David Cameron to government Chief Whip to the MoD has been shrouded in intrigue, and there is speculation that he is being lined up as Theresa May’s favoured successor. Is the 41-year-old MP for South Staffordshire really the modern-day Machiavelli some claim? Sebastian Whale talks to Williamson, and those who know him, to find out
Gavin Williamson has called on journalists and people with IT and cyber skills to join the UK’s reserve forces to help tackle the “age of disinformation” being propagated by Russia.
Firebrand Labour MP Chris Williamson has laid bare his “deep regret” over voting to support military action in the Middle East.
Ahead of his Lords Question on Thursday 26 April, Lord Haskel writes for PoliticsHome on the future of Galileo space project.
Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith has broken ranks with the Labour leadership over the recent military action taken by Theresa May in Syria.
Emily Thornberry has denied claims that Russia is preventing independent inspectors from investigating the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians.
The shortfall in military personnel is the largest it has been in a decade and ministers must take swift action to close the gap, the official Government watchdog has said.
Jeremy Corbyn was hit by a major Commons rebellion after dozens of Labour MPs ignored his order to vote against a motion he had tabled himself.
The Government has accused Russia of a large-scale cyber hack targeting thousands of British households.
Jeremy Corbyn faced a major backlash from his own MPs over his opposition to the Government's decision to join air strikes against Syria.
MPs will take part in an emergency debate on the RAF's air strikes on Syria - but will not be given a retrospective vote on the military action against the Assad regime.