Prime Minister Theresa May has delayed cuts to the defence budget following a meeting of the National Security Council, which ordered a review of the defence budget. Current spending plans, which had come under heavy criticism for potentially weakening the military’s capability to match Russian expansion and aggression, will now be ...
The Prime Minister, Theresa May and President Macron have agreed a range of measures to strengthen defence cooperation between the UK and France at a summit at Sandhurst. The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson joined the Prime Minister, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and other members of the Cabinet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson took the opportunity to experience the world-class technology of the new F-35 in a Lockheed Martin simulator. At an event held at the Institute for Engineering and Technology, the Defence Secretary was joined by MPs and journalists to see what it is like to fly and ...
The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has made his first visit to Iraq and took the opportunity to praise UK service personnel as British airstrikes continue to wipe out Daesh. RAF aircraft carried out operations against the terrorist group every day over the Christmas period, striking terrorist compounds, trucks, mortars and pockets ...