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Prime Minister's Questions is the most combative and theatrical part of the Westminster week. The leader of the opposition and the Prime Minister trade barbs and accusations while MPs bray, cheer and boo. Not so this week: with President…
Below is the full text of Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey's speech to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) this evening. Thank you all for your interest and attendance this evening. And a special thank you to RUSI for hosting me…
I recently went to Ukraine as a member of the Commons defence select committee, and if I was in any doubt of the need to give them every bullet and bomb we can, I am now certain that we must. I’m not sure what I expected a city at war to…
On Armistice Day, our nation comes together to honour the incredible bravery and sacrifices of armed forces personnel from across the UK. This year, Britain marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, the 70th anniversary of the…
The initial 2021 census data on UK armed forces veterans was released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this week, identifying how many veterans there are in England and Wales (1.85 million) and where they live. The question…
John Healey has described plans to cut nearly 10,000 troops from the British army as "embarrassing" and urged the government to "reboot" its defence planning. Speaking to Sky News this morning, the Shadow Defence Secretary said: “The…
It is now time to bring Labour's security message into focus. As Keir Starmer signalled at the weekend, this is the beginning of the end for the Tories. The Wakefield walkover showed Labour back winning on the centre ground. But no-one is…
The first duty of any government in the UK is to protect our nation and its citizens. Whether that’s keeping us safe in our homes and communities or shielding our infrastructure and cyberspace from malicious actors, our security is the…
Defence is one area of public expenditure where the Labour Party can comfortably speak about limitations and priorities. While our ambitions for social reform at home often appear boundless, many in the party have more modest visions for…
Keir Starmer has said that he would take action against Labour MPs who challenge the party's "unshakeable support for NATO" and those drawing a "false equivalence" between the actions of the military alliance and Russia invading Ukraine. In…
Every working-class person in this country knows that Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was a failure. It did nothing to assuage the crushing financial pressures facing us. As The Mirror's Friday front page put it: energy bills up, water bills…
Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, defence now sits at UK public priority number four in YouGov’s tracker, ahead of education, housing, welfare, crime, and Brexit. On May 30th, Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey called for an…
