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First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Rt Hon Grant Shapps was appointed Secretary of State for Defence on 31 August. Previously he was Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero from 7 February 2023 to 31 August 2023. He was previously Secretary of...
Alongside our closest allies in the US, our British Defence Staff in the US (BDS US) personnel are always ready to respond, anywhere, anytime.
Speech by Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding.
The Joint Economic Data Hub (JEDHub) report shows growth in Defence sector employment, recruitment and revenue.
Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin gave his annual RUSI Lecture on 13 December 2023.
John Healey was appointed Secretary of State for Defence on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough in July 2024.
The Foreign Secretary will be in Japan for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Johnny Mercer was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) at the Cabinet Office on 25 October 2022. He previously held the same role between 7 July 2022 and 6 September 2022. He was previously Minister for Defence People...
Deputy Prime Minister makes a speech at the London Defence Conference on resilience.
The UK and Latvia will jointly lead a capability coalition, which will see thousands of drones supplied to Ukraine, including first-person view (FPV) drones, which have proven highly effective on the battlefield.
The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk this evening.
The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States Joe Biden this afternoon.
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