‘Labour needs a Ministry of Military Supply’
Defence should get extra money but a new cabinet member, leading a new ministry should be spending it and ensuring it's not wasted.
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New ministers in Defence, Home Office, Defra and Whips Office
Following recent resignations new ministers have been appointed in Defence, The Home Office, Defra and the Whips Office.
Al Carns resigns as armed forces minister over funding row
Armed forces minister Al Carns has resigned from the government hours after the resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey.
Government rejects bid to ensure rape cases not tried in military courts
MPs have rejected by an 81-vote majority an amendment to ensure that the most serious charges against military serving personnel, including, rape murder and manslaughter, are heard in civilian rather than military courts. The Commons this…
Labour motion to reverse cuts to armed forces defeated by 101-vote majority
A motion tabled by the Labour Party calling on the government to reverse the decision to cut the size of the armed forces has been voted down by the Commons this evening, with 256 MPs voting in favour and 357 against. Opening the debate for…
Throw out the overseas operations bill. Decriminalising torture isn’t patriotic
The UK government is getting ready to defy international law for the second time in two weeks. Before parliament this afternoon for its second reading, the overseas operations (service personnel and veterans) bill is their latest attempt to…
Holly Lynch: The government must provide a fair deal for Ministry of Defence Police
Earlier this year, I had the chance to visit HMNB Portsmouth where Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) are tasked with protecting our brand new HMS Queen Elizabeth II aircraft carrier. Not an easy role when you consider that she’s the size of…
Ruth Smeeth: Today the chancellor must give Armed Forces the funds they deserve
Today is Budget day. And, if reports are to be believed, then the Tories might be preparing to fail in the first priority of any government: the defence of the realm. Rumours that defence cuts could see us lose up to 1,000 Royal Marines…
Kevan Jones: Fallon’s confusion over Navy boats shows Treasury takeover of MoD
After two years of delay the defence secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, yesterday finally announced the government’s national shipbuilding strategy, rubber-stamping recommendations made by the industrialist Sir John Parker to reintroduce…
What’s going on at the MoD?
On Tuesday evening last week David Cameron said he wanted to ring-fence the entire defence budget from 2015. By Wednesday morning Philip Hammond was desperately ‘clarifying’ that the only portion of the budget for which any guarantee could…
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 and too fast’ in relation to recently announced cuts to the Army. He concluded his attack on government spending decisions by stating…
Heavy metal is so passé
By Andy Hull Today sees the publication of the coalition government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). But will it be fit for tomorrow, or for yesterday? We have seen profound change in the global security environment in the…