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While there are shortfalls in every ‘Top Level Budget’ (TLB) in the plan, huge increases in the forecast cost of the MOD’s nuclear weapon upgrades is the most significant driver of these deficits. While there are shortfalls in every ‘Top Level Budget’ (TLB) in the plan, huge increases in the forecast cost of the MOD’s…

This note argues that the United Kingdom (UK), working within old and new coalitions, should take a more strategic approach to the aims and funding of a leading cluster of major multilateral funding institutions. It sets out the UK’s role within multilaterals, the key reform issues and how to treat multilaterals as a system, before highlighting four target areas for a more ambitious UK role.

The UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into the cyber resilience of the nation’s critical national infrastructure

UK's Defence Committee also called for greater support of Pacific nations and more clarity on the AUKUS submarine program.

Lord Dannatt, former head of the Army, believes the UK would not be able to repeat its simultaneous operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

More than 100 global medical journals have called for urgent action to eliminate nuclear weapons as the threat of a global nuclear catastrophe was “great and growing." 



The release of the Japan-UK Accord means that defense and security cooperation has extended to the entire society of both countries.

Always opportunities that you cannot ignore. when it comes to the usace china relations, it is complex. what we welcome is actually seeing the uk position on china around the engagement piece and we saw that any integrative review refresh and even a and the mansion house speech from the secretary of state around not oversimplifying china but also seeing china as an engagement, collaboration and this is exactly what businesses want to see. we want to see the resumption of dialogue and now that co...

Well, mr speaker, on china our approach is laid out in detail in the integrated review refresh, i reiterated that i wont go over it again but china as i said represents again but china as i said represents a systemic challenge. it is the greatest challenge we face and in fact i said it was in a pot defying challenge given its ability and intent to reshape the world order and it increasingly authoritarian at home and assertive abroad, which is why we should be robust in defending ourselves agains...