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    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Sunak seeks to burnish UK’s global credentials on Washington trip

      UK leader will hope to show Britain remains key player in global security and forging AI regulatory framework

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      UK defence
      UK defence secretary warns of threat of wider global conflict by end of decade

      Ben Wallace urges firm timetable for increasing military spending to 2.5% of GDP

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      UK delivers cruise missiles to Ukraine ahead of counter-offensive

      Storm Shadow missiles ‘not even in the same league’ as deadly weapons deployed by Russia, says British defence secretary

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK resumes payments for army’s troubled Ajax programme

      Defence secretary says progress made on long-delayed £5.5bn armoured vehicle procurement

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      UK defence spending
      British army’s troubled Ajax armoured vehicle back on track

      Defence secretary says long-delayed £5.5bn programme has ‘turned a corner’ and deliveries could start in 18 months

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      InterviewWar in Ukraine
      Russia’s ‘big’ Ukraine offensive advancing in ‘metres not kilometres’, says UK defence secretary

      Ben Wallace says Russia is suffering heavy losses from ‘meat grinder’ tactics that may be unsustainable

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK defence secretary braced for ‘uphill battle’ with Treasury on military spend

      Ben Wallace to argue for extra funding ‘because the world is much more dangerous and unstable’

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russian jet ‘released’ missile near UK spy plane over Black Sea

      Moscow blamed September 29 incident on ‘malfunction’, says British defence minister Ben Wallace

    • Saturday, 9 July, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Tory contenders jostle for position in leadership race as favourite declines to stand

      Defence secretary Ben Wallace bows out while new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi plots campaign

    • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
      News in-depth
      UK defence minister gets popularity dividend for role in Ukraine

      Among Tory activists, Ben Wallace ranks as the most popular cabinet minister in Boris Johnson’s government

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US offers further $1bn in Ukraine aid as west steps up weapons supply

      Training in use of high-tech kit and need to maintain western stockpiles remain key bottlenecks

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      UK to provide £300mn of further military aid to Ukraine

      Boris Johnson due to address Kyiv’s parliament amid cabinet tensions over defence spending

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson approved animals’ evacuation from Kabul, emails suggest

      Message from Foreign Office official says ‘PM has just authorised’ charity’s ‘staff and animals’ to be flown out

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      British armoured division returns to Germany amid Ukraine tensions

      About-turn just over a year since UK pulled out in move designed to help bolster Nato

    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
      Army UK
      UK government and generals criticised over efforts to curb harassment in army

      Lawyers and opposition dismiss outcome of emergency meeting to address bullying and sexual assault

    • Sunday, 29 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Johnson praises ‘colossal exertions’ as UK’s Afghanistan mission ends

      But Labour claims ministers have ‘significantly’ underestimated number of Afghan citizens Britain ‘left behind’

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      UK leaves over 1,000 Afghans behind with airlift set to end

      Defence secretary expresses ‘deep regret’ but government now faces questions on foreign policy and protecting civilians

    • Friday, 13 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Taliban encircles Kabul after taking Afghanistan’s second city

      Pentagon warns capital at risk of becoming isolated after Islamists capture Kandahar

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      UK foreign policy
      Britain ‘more helpful’ closer to home than in Asia, says US defence chief

      Lloyd Austin raises issue of use of limited UK military assets as new carrier arrives in region

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      UK defence spending
      UK military makes sweeping cuts as focus moves to technological warfare

      Army to lose 9,500 personnel while older tanks, aircraft and warships will be retired

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      UK defence spending
      Defence secretary admits UK is behind adversaries

      Ben Wallace says upcoming defence review will mark a switch from traditional to technological warfighting

    • Monday, 10 August, 2020
      UK immigration
      Johnson seeks to make removal of asylum seekers easier

      RAF aircraft patrols Channel as UK immigration minister prepares to meet French officials on stemming migrant flow

    • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
      UK immigration
      Britain and France to hold Channel migrant talks

      Immigration minister says ‘situation cannot go on’, promising to go after people smugglers and to return arrivals

    • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
      Coronavirus
      UK armed forces prepare 20,000 troops to help in crisis

      Military in ‘high readiness’ to provide transport, logistics and engineering support

    • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
      5G networks
      Boris Johnson feels increasing heat over UK 5G role for Huawei

      US senators and senior Tories add to pressure over Chinese tech group

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