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Labour’s Shadow Defence Team is committed to open policy-making. We want the work we conduct to be part of our party’s discussion on how to we can design a 21st Century defence policy and how we can win again in 2015. Too often…
When we think of Forces’ welfare we rightly think of the support our servicemen and women get when on duty: the care they receive after injury or the quality of their accommodation, for example. It is a tribute to the many service…
Today’s Bonn Conference marks an important moment for Afghanistan. We share the Government’s objectives and give Ministers our support as they meet their counterparts. The whole country will share in our desire to find a lasting, peaceful…
The new Defence Secretary Philip Hammond made an important visit to Afghanistan last week. From my own experience having visited the country there is no better way of learning about the lives and sacrifices of our Forces or the intricacies…
In an open letter to Liam Fox this afternoon, shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy has urged his Tory counterpart to "put an end to the emerging pattern of Ministerial ambivalence towards UK manufacturing and make a commitment which could…
By Jim Murphy MP / @jimmurphymp In today's world the prosperity, security, liberty and civil liberties of those at home cannot be separated from events beyond our borders. The era of a global recession and the global threat of terrorism…
By Jim Murphy MP I've been out of the country for a week and have come back to another bout of Labour Party instability. My advice to everyone involved in this week's briefing and counter-briefing is just shut up and get on with your job…
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy has responded to the government announcing it is reconsidering the defence review, saying: "This seems to be more about politics than defence. I worry it's smoke and mirrors. They say they are…
By Jim Murphy MP / @jimmurphymp The Labour Party's most immediate electoral task is to get ready for elections in May. The longer term task is to turn victories in May into a platform for rejuvenation and a longer-term reconnection with the…
By Jim Murphy MP For some time I have asked myself, 'How do we make it easier for those who have taken off their military uniform to take up politics, and Labour politics in particular?' This question is easier to pose than answer, but part…
