Badenoch offers support to fund warfare through welfare cuts
Kemi Badenoch has written to Keir Starmer offering Conservative votes to cut the welfare bill and redirect the savings to defence, telling the Prime Minister it is time to "get serious" after the resignations of John Healey and Al Carns.
UK eyes huge Falkland Islands support contract
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has begun market engagement on a facilities management contract for British forces in the Falkland and Ascension Islands worth an estimated GBP 500 million, running for ten years from 2030 with a possible extension to 2040.
Carns warns ‘UK not ready’ after MoD resignation
Al Carns, who quit as Armed Forces Minister alongside John Healey over the Defence Investment Plan, has warned that "the next war won't be won by armies, navies or air forces alone" and that Britain is "not being honest about what getting ready will cost".
BAE unveils new digital artillery fire control system
BAE Systems is launching a Next Generation Indirect Fire Control System at Eurosatory in Paris, a digital fire control capability the company says connects individual guns to wider sensor networks for faster targeting.
Defence tech firms hit hard by investment plan delay
A techUK survey of 45 defence technology suppliers has found 93% reassessing investment or recruitment, 73% hit by contract suspensions and 87% by funding delays, with the unpublished Defence Investment Plan named as the single biggest driver.
Defence “not accountant’s job”, ADS warns after Healey exit
ADS chief executive Kevin Craven says John Healey's resignation has sent the trade body "reeling" and is "a damning reflection on the current state of affairs", warning that "national security and defence of the realm is not an accountant's job".
Israeli firm suspected of interfering in Scottish elections
Accounts linked to BlackCore are said to have targeted First Minister John Swinney, who called the findings "deeply concerning" and urged the UK government to take online interference more seriously.
Army Reserve training review to stay behind closed doors
The findings of an internal review into Army Reserve basic training will not be published, the MoD has told Parliament, with no external stakeholders consulted.
Healey resignation ‘grave moment’ says Defence Committee
The Commons Defence Committee has called John Healey's resignation a "grave moment", with chair Tan Dhesi saying the government "must take that warning with the utmost seriousness".
Healey quits as Defence Secretary over funding row
John Healey has resigned as Secretary of State for Defence, telling the Prime Minister that the financial settlement behind the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan falls well short of what the country needs.
