The Ministry of Defence will benefit from an extra £800 million in the next financial year, the Chancellor and Defence Secretary have confirmed. This includes access to £600 million from the Dreadnought contingency, announced in 2015, and will ensure that the UK’s new world-class nuclear submarines are delivered on time and within ...
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has paid tribute to Great Britain’s servicewomen in recognition of their many contributions to defence and security across the globe. During a recent visit to RAF Brize Norton, Mr Williamson met the women at the frontline of Royal Air Force transport operations. Among them engineers, logisticians and ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has met with his US counterpart, Jim Mathis, to discuss how to tackle the increasing threats faced by both allies. Both countries have recently unveiled new plans for improving security, following the UK’s announcement of the Modernising Defence Programme and the US publication of its National Defense ...
The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has warned that Russia could target UK infrastructure causing “thousands and thousands and thousands of deaths”. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Williamson accused Russia of researching how the UK’s critical infrastructure connects to the continent with a view to spreading “panic” and “chaos”. The ...