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Lifesaving UK aid shipment for Gaza including thermal blankets and essential items delivered from Cyprus by Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Lyme Bay.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Armed Forces personnel and Defence Civil Servants have been honoured by His Majesty The King in the annual New Year Honours list.
Armed Forces personnel and Defence civilians have been honoured by His Majesty The King in the New Year Honours list.
Defence Secretary announces that hundreds of British-made air defence missiles are being shipped to Ukraine to protect civilians and infrastructure from drones and bombing.
UK forces are taking lead of NATO’s rapid response force on 1 January 2024, placing thousands of soldiers on standby and ready to deploy within days.
The UK has been providing basic training to Ukraine's combat air pilots as a contribution to the international Air Force Capability Coalition for Ukraine
The Ajax Programme is making positive progress towards the delivery of a new generation of armoured fighting vehicles that meets the Army’s needs.
The Ministry of Defence and Office for Veterans’ Affairs are jointly delivering this commitment as part of ongoing improvements to veterans support.
The UK and Saudi Arabia have reaffirmed their long-standing defence partnership, amid the deteriorating security situation in the Red Sea.
This year the Ministry of Defence Police celebrated their six-year anniversary of deploying Project Servator.
Formal request to the chair of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body to commence the 2024 pay round.
Dstl's simulation capability, the Virtual Proving Ground, enabled users to test emerging technologies during a recent Army Warfighting Experiment.
Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Diamond joins Operation Prosperity Guardian, a new international task force to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
UK Government and UK defence industry conduct their first trade mission to Ukraine.
Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin gave his annual RUSI Lecture on 13 December 2023.
The UK’s Carrier Strike Group will visit Japan as part of the flagship 2025 Indo-Pacific deployment, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today
UK signs international Treaty with Japan and Italy for a future combat air programme that aims to develop an innovative stealth fighter with supersonic capability and equipped with cutting-edge technology.
Speech by the Minister for the Armed Forces at 2023 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial in Accra, Ghana, 6 December 2023.
The Government has today launched the Application and Registration of Interest forms for new and planned restorative measures recommended by the Review.
Support for UN peacekeeping efforts pledged by Minister for the Armed Forces at United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial in Ghana.
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