General Claudio Graziano, chairman of the EU Military Committee, said the prospect of slashed defence budgets and cancelled training missions has weakened the Continent’s ability to defend itself. In an interview, the Italian four-star general said the bloc has to step up
Labour was today dragged into the Greensill scandal after it was revealed its shadow defence secretary John Healey lobbied ministers to hand the cash-strapped company £200million in COVID-19 loans ‘without delay’. The shadow defence secretary wrote to Business Secretary Nadhim Zahawi in May 2020 urging
In our second extract from Alan Duncan’s riotously candid diaries, he continues to support the Prime Minister Theresa May — while criticising her in private. Meanwhile, he is finding the antics of his boss Boris Johnson — now Foreign Secretary — increasingly
Ghislaine Maxwell will not call ‘self-destructive’ Prince Andrew as a defence witness at her trial in the summer, her brother has claimed. Referring to the Duke of York’s infamous BBC television interview in 2019, Ian Maxwell told the Daily Telegraph: ‘It was
Australia launches $1BILLION plan to build guided missiles and develop defence self-reliance to deal with changing global environment Australia to spend $100b on missiles, other guided weapons in next two decades Prime Minister Scott Morrison said creating sovereign capability was essential Companies
The plan, pushed by EU Army-obsessed Emmanuel Macron, has been called European Peace Facility (EPF) and will “better help partner countries” by supporting their peace-keeping operations and by helping them to “increase the capability of their armed forces to ensure peace and
The army chief will be heard behind closed doors in the Bundestag today, a first time agreement between two countries in their cooperation on defence and security projects. General Francois Lecointre will be expected to discuss the development of a combat jet
Scotland Secretary Alister Jack warned that Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish breakaway drive would leave the islands unable to “adequately protect citizens” from global threats. He spoke out in a speech during a visit to RAF Lossiemouth in Moray to highlight the Government’s plans
Two former British military chiefs today warned China and Russia will not be worried by the UK’s new defence shake-up as they said troop cuts will mean the Armed Forces are ‘less able to deploy to conflicts at scale’. Lord Richards and
What’s in the Defence Command Paper? Changes are set to include: Additional investment for ‘intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance’ as well as for electronic warfare Additional £3billion funding for the British Army The National Cyber Force will be expanded New Space Command to co-ordinate