The publication of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and then the Spending Review raise the usual questions about affordability and funding priorities. Will the hopeful recommendations set out in the SDR (a work in progress) be delivered by the expected increases in defence spending set out in the Spending Review?
Saturday’s emergency legislation demonstrates that this Labour Government is prepared to act decisively when it comes to protecting sovereign industrial capabilities. There are critics both inside and outside Whitehall who have argued that this will undermine the confidence of foreign investors looking at the UK as a potential market but
Trump’s effort to end the Ukraine conflict was signalled well in advance of his election. That’s why discussion between European governments about supporting a potential halt to the fighting should have started at least 12 months ago. It will probably not be the permanent settlement that Putin is demanding because
Like many of his Shadow Cabinet colleagues John Healy, the Shadow Defence Secretary has been setting out some low or zero-cost reforms to improve the effectiveness of the Ministry of Defence. In a speech in February, he called for: the MoD to reset its relationships with Whitehall, especially the FCDO
