Kevan Jones: Fallon’s confusion over Navy boats shows Treasury takeover of MoD
After two years of delay the defence secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, yesterday finally announced the government’s national shipbuilding…
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Kevan Jones: Nuclear deterrent has helped to keep the peace – so it’s time the doubters fronted up about their beliefs
Emily Thornberry, Labour’s shadow defence secretary, speaking at the UK Project on Nuclear Issues annual conference at the…
The debate around Trident renewal has been dominated by myths for too long
Last week, writing for LabourList, the Shadow International Development Secretary, Diane Abbott, said that the decision on replacing…
We’ve seen a vital step forward. But the Government must still do more to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant
Yesterday saw the committee stage of the 2015 Armed Forces Bill. As a consequence of the 17th century…
The Government may have pledged to spend 2% of GDP on Defence, but the devil is in the detail
Very few expected any of the headlines generated by this week’s Budget to focus on Defence. But let…
Yesterday’s Commons defeat for the Government shows they must think again on Defence Reform
Yesterday, MPs voted by a margin of 91-0 calling on the Government to halt their reductions in the…
The Trident Alternatives Review hasn’t changed our minds: it is right for the UK to maintain a continuous at sea deterrence
It has taken over two years for the Government to publish its Trident Alternatives Review, the fudge agreed…
Pickles’ cuts will hurt those with the greatest need the most
With under a week to go until Christmas, the Tories’ very own Santa Claus, Eric Pickles, delivered a…
Army cuts will have long-term consequences, but were based on short-term decision making
Last week the Government announced the exact impact that its Defence cuts would have on the army, which…
The Government’s credibility deficit on Defence spending
With a humiliating u-turn on the aircraft carrier programme completed, Philip Hammond took the brave step of claiming…
