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…
Defence
Former First Sea Lord on government’s fighter plane “shambles”
‘Olympic missile’ plan was handled in a “cack-handed way” says MP
Labour MP Rushanara Ali on plans to place surface-to-air missles on top of a block of residential flats…
Labour’s case for industry
Manufacturing has a unique place in British history. Since the days of the industrial revolution it has been…
Disarray on defence poses a competence test for the Chancellor
When the Chancellor stands at the Despatch Box at 12.30 today the Government’s economic competence will be under…
The beginning of Labour’s Shadow Defence Review
Labour’s Shadow Defence Team is committed to open policy-making. We want the work we conduct to be part…
The Tories and skilled jobs – unable or unwilling?
A couple of weeks ago the Conservative-led government published a white paper on defence procurement that committed the…
MOD rejected bid to make Navy tankers in the UK
There’s a story in the Daily Mail today that shows Defence Secretary Philip Hammond turned down an offer…
The Westminster consensus on Trident is dead
The forthcoming Scottish referendum on independence has thrown up a new angle on the debate over Trident replacement.…
Murphy, Cuts and the Ed Mili-vacuum
If it wasn’t the case before then it certainly is now – everything that happens in the Labour…
