‘Close working with Germany’s SPD hints at Labour’s future foreign policy aims’
It’s been a pretty desperate few years in relations between the UK and Germany, even though, of course,…
Defence policy
‘We know what the public thinks about foreign policy. We just might not like it’
The annual survey of British attitudes to foreign policy issues was published on 19th July. Previous versions have…
‘Labour is listening to veterans let down by this Tory government’
From the response to the invasion of Ukraine to deployments during the Covid-19 pandemic, our armed forces are…
Labour’s new campaign will spotlight Tory neglect of armed forces housing
Labour is the party of housing. A decent, affordable home for all runs in our DNA. We know…
Lammy: Ministers ‘dragging their feet on big decisions’ with defence policy refresh
David Lammy has accused ministers of “dragging their feet on the big decisions” following the publication of the…
As war rages in Ukraine, rearming the UK must be a proud part of Labour’s brand
This time last year, I was at Kyiv’s Borispol Airport, scrambling onto the last flight to Istanbul. “I’m…
Healey: “Britain needs a national strategy which is relentlessly pragmatic”
Below is the full text of Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey’s speech to the Royal United Services Institute…
WATCH: Government plan to cut troop numbers “embarrassing”, Healey says
John Healey has described plans to cut nearly 10,000 troops from the British army as “embarrassing” and urged…
MoD wasted £13bn of taxpayer money over 12 years, Labour research reveals
New research by the Labour Party released today reveals that the Ministry of Defence has wasted at least…
Starmer: Integrated review breaks goal of reducing our nuclear stockpile
Keir Starmer has highlighted today that new government policy announced by Boris Johnson “breaks the goal of successive…
