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Latest FCDO travel advice for Ireland including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Statistics on military low flying activity conducted in the UK Low Flying System from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
FCDO travel advice for South Africa. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Management of British armed forces casualties and compassionate cases 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s casualty figures are now over 300,000 in its illegal war, which is an egregious violation of international law and the UN Charter.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This webinar recording discusses the opportunity, issues and military benefits that the Information Age presents.
This document contains the following information: Private military companies: options for regulation
First published during the 2001 to 2005 Labour government
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
The announcement was made today by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps as he met President Zelenskyy in Kyiv
Delivered by the Deputy Prime Minister
Export controls applying to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related activities - transfer of technology and provision of technical support
Mark Newton currently holds the role of Minister Defence (Director USA) at the British Embassy in Washington DC. As the most senior civilian in the British Defence Staff he works alongside the Defence Attache to maintain and further the UK-US...
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A monthly summary of UK military search and rescue statistics for 2015.
Find out about UK forces in Afghanistan
Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin gave a keynote speech at Chatham House Security and Defence Conference on 27 February 2024.
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