Defence in the media: 11 March 2015
...best value for money for the taxpayer. Travel is an essential part of MOD business, either to MOD sites across the UK and overseas or to hold meetings with Government...
...best value for money for the taxpayer. Travel is an essential part of MOD business, either to MOD sites across the UK and overseas or to hold meetings with Government...
...advanced armoured vehicles. Peshmerga The Independent carries a feature-style article about the training of the Pershmerga forces in Northern Iraq. Along with several hundred members of the German, US, Italian,...
Defence spending Discussion around the level of defence spending over the next Parliament continued to attract media coverage over the weekend and into the start of this week. A report...
...Sun has joined the Royal British Legion in urging brave Afghan veterans to parade at a commemoration service next Friday marking the war's end. The paper calls on 400 veterans...
Defence spending Speculation over defence spending remains a prominent story, today taking a new angle. Colonel Bob Stewart MP has called for the joint chiefs to sacrifice their careers over...
Defence spending Speculation continues over UK defence spending. The Times writes that, according to new analysis by the UK National Defence Association, a failure to spend at least 2% of...
...the House of Lords today in a bid to protect Britain’s defence budget by tying it to overseas aid. The Times and The FT report that a growing number of...
...spokesperson said: As part of the Armed Forces Covenant, this Government has committed to making sure veterans get special treatment, when appropriate, and are not disadvantaged by their service. We...
...support over the next 10 years which will provide new strike fighters; more surveillance aircraft; hunter killer submarines; two new aircraft carriers; the A400Ms transport aircraft and the most advanced...