Trident is draining money away from other areas of government expenditure
In an article on LabourList, the Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones has adopted the mantra of ‘too far…
Defence
A day to remember, celebrate and give back
Today most people are looking back at the remarkable celebrations of the Jubilee weekend. It’s right that we…
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…
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…
