Today representatives from 80 nations gather in London to discuss how best to make UN Peacekeeping ready for the challenges and opportunities of the modern world. For over 60 years those who don UN Peacekeeping’s blue helmets have held the …
...the Iraqi security forces, including Kurdish Pershmerga, in infantry skills and countering improvised explosive devices. As I write, we are playing a major supporting role in the operations to retake...
...face are growing in scale, complexity and concurrency. In a more dangerous world, we have chosen to use our hard-earned economic strength to give our Armed Forces what they need...
...prevent ISIL expanding further in Syria; they can relieve the pressure on opposition forces; and they can enhance the prospect of political negotiations leading to a new and more secure...
The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon visits Turkey today where he is meeting the Turkish Prime Minister, the Chief of the General Staff and the Foreign and Defence Ministers. Speaking from Ankara, he said: We continue our work to degrade and …
...progress, but there are recent events that are concerning and we’ll be looking closely over the coming months at how best to continue supporting the Afghan government. Besides our...
...Chiefs share my ambition. The RAF, Navy and Army are developing programmes to increase opportunity in the services. We’ve got networks supporting personnel from different faiths. Today I confirm our...
The Defence Secretary spoke on the Today Programme this morning about the action taken to keep the streets of Britain safe as part of a counter-Terrorism operation in Syria. His words can be found below.
Yesterday’s budget saw two very significant pledges by this government on defence. Firstly, the Chancellor announced that defence spending will rise each year until 2020/21.
...ships that simply said: "Winston is back"; and it was here, during World War Two, that Ian Fleming liaised with the code breakers of Bletchley Park while devising some of...
