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Conservative MPs have hit out at the appointment of Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary - with one ex-frontbencher saying it showed how “pathetically weak” Theresa May is.
The loss of the UK’s amphibious fleet would strip the Royal Navy of crucial capabilities – and jeopardise the future of the Royal Marines, warns South West Devon MP Gary Streeter
We must help ex-service personnel overcome hurdles to accessing employment, housing and mental health support, says Gerald Jones
With global security on a knife edge the Royal Navy needs investment, not cutbacks, if it’s to defend Britain’s interests, writes Admiral Lord West
The Tory chair of a powerful Commons committee has said Britain must put values above "raw economics" in foreign policy, as the row over arms sales to Saudi Arabia continues to escalate.
Conservative colleagues and Labour opponents alike see Tom Tugendhat as a star of the future. Just two years into his Westminster career he secured an overwhelming mandate to chair the Foreign Affairs Committee. Is there any limit to his potential? By Sebastian Whale
Luke Pollard spends a week 'badgering, poking and cajoling' to get a better deal for Plymouth – and finds cause for hope in the midst of a gridlocked Parliament
Michael Fallon has hinted that the fall in sterling following the EU referendum could lead to real terms cuts to the defence budget.
The youth wing of the Labour party has voted at odds with the leadership by calling for Britain to withdraw from the Nato alliance.
Ministers have been urged to do more to prevent hundreds of job losses after defence giant BAE Systems announced plans to cut 2,000 posts across the UK.
The spending decisions of successive governments have left our defences ‘hollowed out’, warns Defence Committee chair Julian Lewis
Sir Michael Arthur, president, Boeing Europe and managing director, Boeing UK and Ireland comments on the Bombardier trade dispute: "Boeing will continue to defend a level playing field around the world".
Michael Fallon has said the Government should pledge to increase Britain’s contributions to Nato from its current level at 2% of GDP.
Theresa May will today commit the UK to establishing a "bold, new security partnership with the EU" after Brexit.
The transatlantic row over an aeroplane parts plant in Northern Ireland “could jeopardise” future trade with the US, the Defence Secretary has said.
Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not yet know if a Labour government would unilaterally ditch Britain's nuclear weapons if he were Prime Minister.
The Ministry of Defence spent more than £60,000 on mobile internet use for a single phone last year, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Drone strike pilots who bomb Islamic State targets remotely could be awarded medals, Sir Michael Fallon has said.
The UK should formalise security links with the EU to make sure Brexit does not impact the fight against terrorism, David Davis has said following the attack on Parsons Green.
The UK’s terror threat level has been raised from ‘severe’ to ‘critical’ after a bomb planted on a tube train burst into flames at Parsons Green station.
Theresa May is "outraged" by North Korea's latest ballistic missile test, Downing Street has said.
Labour will use a debate later today to call on the Government to boost the pay of Britain’s troops.
Britain will continue to provide military and security assistance to the European Union after Brexit, the Government has insisted.
We will never support such proposals and we will fight to defend the decent jobs our members and their communities depend on says GMB at the TUC Congress.