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Now that the debate over Trident has been re-started it is worth reiterating Labour’s position on this vital issue. Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent has been the cornerstone of our peace and security for over half a century. In a…
Today most people are looking back at the remarkable celebrations of the Jubilee weekend. It's right that we do, but today we should also reflect further back on those moments when our country's survival was secured. History, pride and…
With a humiliating u-turn on the aircraft carrier programme completed, Philip Hammond took the brave step of claiming the Defence budget is balanced over the next ten years. The triumphalism was predictably cheered on his own benches. His…
Labour MP Rushanara Ali on plans to place surface-to-air missles on top of a block of residential flats during the Olympics:
Manufacturing has a unique place in British history. Since the days of the industrial revolution it has been the bedrock of the British economy and transformed the Britain of the 19th century into a 20th century economic superpower. While…
When the Chancellor stands at the Despatch Box at 12.30 today the Government’s economic competence will be under enormous strain. High unemployment and stagnation dominate and yet pay cuts and road tolling seem to be the medicine on offer…
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…
The pro-nuclear alliance that has dominated Britain's major political parties for decades showed further signs of disintegration last week when ConservativeHome hosted an intelligent and well-researched blog in support of the CentreForum…
Describing how to solve the Iranian Oil Crisis in early 1950, Winston Churchill, the then leader of the Opposition at the time, exclaimed that the only thing that was needed was simply: “a splutter of Musketry”. Subsequently as Prime…
A couple of weeks ago the Conservative-led government published a white paper on defence procurement that committed the Ministry of Defence to buying on the open market with little regard to supporting British industry or British jobs. At…
There's a story in the Daily Mail today that shows Defence Secretary Philip Hammond turned down an offer to have a Navy tanker built in the UK - and help Britain's struggling shipbuilding industry. Instead the contract was sent to South…
