Mark Francois hammered Rishi Sunak over defence spending cuts during a fiery exchange during today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ). Speaking to the house, the politician said: “In the 1930s, one of your less illustrious predecessors, Neville Charmberlain, so denuded the British Armed
The Polish president Andrzej Duda has issued an urgent call for NATO members to increase their defence spending to three per cent of their GDP, saying the defensive alliance must do more to match Russia’s war machine. Following the full-scale invasion of
Tory MP Mark Francois has blasted the Government for being “deeply dishonourable” after it emerged Jeremy Hunt plans on cutting billions from the defence budget next year. Speaking in the Commons, the Brexiteer Spartan tore into the Government’s spending plans amid rising
Tom Tugendhat is publicly pressuring Jeremy Hunt to go further on defence spending, after last week’s Budget ignored calls to provide a boost to Britain’s security. Speaking this morning, the security minister defended an article he co-authored on Friday, calling for the
Two ministers have urged the government to increase defence spending in the face of growing threats. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a foreign office minister and former defence minister, and Tom Tugendhat, the security minister and an experienced soldier, have broken ranks. The pair published
The Commons Defence Select Committee is demanding an urgent meeting with Grant Shapps after it emerged that funding for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being cut next year. Despite Mr Shapps recently hyping up the threat of war, the Budget small
Britain faces a “decade of Russian aggression” but is not ready to fight a war, according to the man who may soon be in charge of the armed forces. Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey wants Britain to “lead the charge” in the
Grant Shapps is insisting Defence spending be raised to 2.5 percent of GDP as international threats escalate. The request was formally made in a letter from the Defence Secretary to the Chancellor, the Telegraph reported. He warned in the letter on January
Rishi Sunak has been warned his Government would be “asking for trouble” if the Ministry of Defence is starved of cash in next week’s Budget despite Vladimir Putin’s ongoing aggression. Reports published today have suggested the Ministry of Defence – led by
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, suggested the European Union should streamline its defence strategy. The German politician, who served as her country’s Defence Minister between 2013 and 2019, shared her desire for more cooperation when it comes