New laws to protect military personnel and veterans from vexatious claims and the cycle of re-investigations have been introduced. As part of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, serving and former Armed Forces personnel will have more legal protection from prosecution for alleged historical offences resulting from overseas operations. This ...
The Department of Education has announced which employees are categorised as ‘key workers’ –allowing their children to continue to attend school despite their closure as part of measures introduced to control the coronavirus pandemic. Military personnel, contractors deemed critical to defence and security plus Ministry of Defence civilian workers take their ...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace MP released a statement on new plans to replace Britain’s nuclear warhead. Ben Wallace MP released a statement announcing the programme to replace the country’s nuclear warhead in order to adapt to future threats. In 2007 the government, endorsed by a Parliamentary vote, began a programme to ...
Ben Wallace announced new NATO contributions at this years’ Defence Ministers’ meeting. Ben Wallace confirmed the UK’s commitment to NATO contributions and their participation in future missions. Alongside the six other NATO members who are in the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) – Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ...