Britain has a new defense secretary. What are experts saying?
The surprise choice for the role, vacated by Ben Wallace, is Energy Secretary Grant Shapps.
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The surprise choice for the role, vacated by Ben Wallace, is Energy Secretary Grant Shapps.
When it comes to flaunting its defense industry, Stockholm is shy—and it’s hurting Swedish companies and handing lucrative contracts to competitors.
Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills -- the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.The nation's rail tracks were not privatised, while the state has periodically enforced temporary renationalisation of badly-run train operators.
"The sad reality is that, in a world increasingly dominated by individual greed ... the water sector has become the biggest fraud story in the UK," one analyst told AFP.
Ben Wallace said that while Western support for Ukraine remains steadfast, its allies are 'all running out' of weapons to donate, meaning they are being forced to buy more to keep Kyiv's forces supplied.