Downing Street emphasises sacrifices of UK troops and reasserts ‘unwavering’ support for Ukraine amid softening US policy towards RussiaUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has criticised Pete Hegseth for downplaying...
Read MoreParty to unveil plans for one of UK’s ‘most significant military programmes since the cold war’ The Conservatives will announce plans to build a £10bn British “Iron Dome” similar to Israel’s air and missile defence system, which...
Read MoreUrsula von der Leyen’s outreach to Canada and new security proposals are wise – but she may not be the right messengerEurope’s strategic predicament is ever clearer, and ever darker. The continent is at war, which is being...
Read MoreMark Rutte said Britain will need to steadily increase defence spending to meet Nato target of 3.5% of GDP by 2035Britain needs to show “a credible path” of annual increases in its defence budgets to meet a Nato target of...
Read MoreMark Rutte asked UK and Europe to ‘provide the hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertaintyNato needs “more UK and more Europe in the alliance” to deal with the most dangerous security environment faced by the west...
Read MorePM suggests maintaining links with US president will be part of his continued responsibility to UK-US relationshipEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has agreed to stay in touch with Keir Starmer after he steps down from No...
Read MoreHow to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise would be a matter for ‘the next prime minister’, MPs told The Treasury has as yet carried out no analysis of the trade-offs necessary for the UK to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence...
Read MoreThe Reform UK leader says he will stand again in Clacton, saying the people of the constituency ‘should be the judges of my actions’Q: Do you think the parliamentary commissioner for standards should investigate Nigel Farage’s...
Read MoreThe Reform UK leader says he will stand again in Clacton, saying the people of the constituency ‘should be the judges of my actions’Q: Do you think the parliamentary commissioner for standards should investigate Nigel Farage’s...
Read MoreThe Reform UK leader says he will stand again in ClactonQ: Do you think the parliamentary commissioner for standards should investigate Nigel Farage’s gifts from George Cottrell?Badenoch said that was a matter for the...
Read MoreThe Reform UK leader will speak after Labour asked the Electoral Commission to investigate claims that he broke electoral law by not disclosing giftsQ: Do you think the parliamentary commissioner for standards should investigate...
Read MoreGeorge Robertson warns prime minister’s defence investment plan fails to meet scale of challenge facing the UKThe former Nato chief who led the government’s defence review has criticised the prime minister’s plan to pay for it,...
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