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UK defence spending

  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s overstretched armed forces

    The UK needs to rebuild its ability to fight, and deter, a wider war

    The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth alongside at HMNB Portsmouth
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Edward Stringer
    Conscription is not the answer for Britain to get its military in order

    The army chief is arguing for more troops, without a corresponding acceleration of the UK industrial base

    A soldier guards the perimeter of the camp
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Lack of logistic support for carriers lays bare state of British navy

    Politicians warn of need to prepare for conflict but years of budget cuts have weakened the UK’s military capabilities

    HMS Queen Elizabeth
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    Sunak signals UK could take part in further strikes against Houthi rebels

    PM tells MPs that Britain ‘will not hesitate’ to protect its interests where required

    Rishi Sunak in the House of Commons on Monday
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    UK chosen as headquarters for fighter jet project with Japan and Italy

    Plans for ambitious Global Combat Air Programme sealed at trilateral convention signing in Tokyo

    A concept model of the Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet is displayed at the 2023 DSEI Japan defence show
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Ministry of Defence UK
    MoD blames ‘administrative error’ for failure to list thousands of UK drones

    Official equipment statistics omit almost 30 different types of UAVs used by armed forces

    An RAF Reaper aircraft drone
  • Monday, 4 December, 2023
    UK armed forces face £17bn black hole in equipment budget

    Damning report by parliamentary spending watchdog warns on soaring costs

    A Challenger 2 tank
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    Babcock International Group PLC
    Babcock wins £750mn UK submarine maintenance contract

    Defence company to upgrade infrastructure at the Devonport naval base

    Plymouth port area, including the site of the Devonport freeport, in England in March 2021
  • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
    UK defence industry
    UK signs £4bn air defence deal with Poland

    European missile maker MBDA signs its largest export contract ever

    MBDA will export more than 1,000 CAMM-ERs as well as 100 launchers
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    Satellites
    Airbus signs up Northrop Grumman in bid for SkyNet military satellite contract

    Programme is expected to be one of the most hotly contested procurement deals in the UK in years

  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    UK defence industry
    BAE Systems wins £3.95bn contract for Aukus nuclear submarines

    Boats being built as part of security pact with US and Australia set to bring jobs and investment to Cumbria

    An artist’s impression of the Dreadnought-class submarine.
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Cost of UK’s new fleet of armed drones jumps 40%

    First of 16 US-made Protector aircraft will enter service late next year as price rises to £1.8bn

    A Protector aircraft taking off from RAF Waddington
  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    British army’s £3.2bn battlefield radio ‘next procurement disaster’

    Defence ministry says it is reviewing progress on contract but remains committed to system having already spent £690mn

  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    Harlan Ullman
    Britain’s armed forces must adapt radically to meet future threats

    War in Europe should focus minds on the need for a more agile and potent fighting force

    Soldiers training wearing camouflage fatigues and helmets
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    UK economy
    UK ministers plan task force to plug nuclear skills gap

    Tens of thousands of workers needed to deliver on new power stations and submarines

    EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk, UK
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Global InsightLeila Abboud
    Macron’s ‘bonsai army’ needs more money to grow

    France plans to boost defence spending by 40% but will not get many new capabilities

    Emmanuel Macron and Thierry Burkhard stand in the command car as they arrive on the Champs Elysee during the annual Bastille Day military parade
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    UK to boost ammunition stockpiles by £2.5bn

    Revamped defence review aims to increase deadliness and agility of Britain’s armed forces

    An Ajax Ares tank, an armoured personnel carrier
  • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
    UK military procurement system comes under fire from MPs

    Parliamentary report highlights failings two days before Ministry of Defence is due to publish its latest strategy

  • Monday, 26 June, 2023
    Defence secretary calls for greater share of UK spending on military

    Wallace comments come ahead of publication of plan to reshape armed forces in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    Defence secretary Ben Wallace in the Commons
  • Monday, 19 June, 2023
    UK defence
    UK military is struggling to recruit tech experts, says report

    Government-commissioned inquiry warns Britain’s ability to win on the modern battlefield is at stake

    Soldiers from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment test out virtual reality equipment in Chester
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    ‘Systemic’ procurement problems led to UK armoured vehicles fiasco

    Report into troubled £5.5bn Ajax programme identifies failings in the Ministry of Defence

    An Ajax Ares armoured vehicle on a training exercise in Dorset
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    News in-depthAerospace & Defence
    The age-old question: how do governments pay for wars?

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a sharp rise in defence spending

    Military vessels sail in Sagami Bay during the “International Fleet Review”
  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    UK defence
    UK defence secretary warns of threat of wider global conflict by end of decade

    Ben Wallace urges firm timetable for increasing military spending to 2.5% of GDP

    UK defence secretary Ben Wallace and Commandant Zachary Stenning watch cadets in training during a visit to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Berkshire, UK
  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    News in-depthUK defence
    Allies keep close watch on British plans to reshape armed forces

    Russian aggression and Chinese threat pose dilemma for cash-strapped, midsized military power seeking to retain global role

    The British army’s Challenger tanks
  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Janan Ganesh
    Western voters won’t give up the peace dividend

    Governments are right to increase defence spending, but their electorates prefer butter to guns

    A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Palais Garnier building during a rally in Paris
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