Luke Pollard

Britain’s Burnham to meet Trump and make UN debut after offering UK military support for Saudis

Autonomous undersea strike seen as boost to Euro-Atlantic security

A cross-party group of MPs is urging the government to stop using real bear pelts to make the hats worn by the King's Guard and use fake alternatives instead

A minister has pressed social media companies to remove content from their platforms showcasing dangerous driving after a fatal collision that killed seven people in Middlesbrough

London residents lose legal challenge against Chinese ‘mega’ embassy

In response, Caine spoke about the development of Ukraine's defence capabilities

U.K.-Italian-Japanese Fighter Jet Venture Wins $6.14 Billion Contract

Andy Burnham will have to find an additional £4.7 billion ($6.2 billion) to close a defense funding gap, either through deeper spending cuts or higher taxes, when he takes over as British prime minister in a handover expected this month

Reeves warns Burnham against borrowing to fill UK defence budget black hole

Defence Minister Luke Pollard accused the Tories of leaving "recruitment and retention in crisis" after their 14 years in power

Kemi Badenoch has accused the prime minister of "dithering" over defence spending, amid a battle within government over how new kit will be paid for

RAF Typhoon fighter jets will be fitted with the new Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) so targets can be destroyed “at a fraction of the price of missiles currently used”

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed plans to replace its Type 23 frigates — of which HMS Iron Duke is one — with eight anti-submarine ships, known as Type 26 frigates, but could not provide any further details about the decommissioning date when contacted by the BBC

It is believed HMS Iron Duke is unlikely to set sail again, heaping further pressure on the stretched Senior Service

Testing of the Ajax was paused last November after about 30 soldiers reported illness linked to noise and vibration during training exercise

Britain has organized discussions this month among more than 30 nations on how to reopen the strait, amid an Iranian blockade that has choked oil supplies to the global economy following U.S. and Israeli strikes on ​Iran

It came as Sir Keir was branded 'all mouth and no trousers' on defence by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch

The docking of HMS Dragon — a Type 45 destroyer tasked with defending U.K. assets and projecting force near the conflict zone — weakens Britain’s visible military posture at a sensitive moment, as a fragile U.S.-brokered pause takes hold and criticism from Trump administration officials and conservative voices builds over delays and restrictions that they say damaged London’s credibility with allies

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of posturing on the world stage over the Middle East war while failing to rearm Britain

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of posturing on the world stage over the Middle East war while failing to rearm Britain

The Army Land Rover has left its mark on generations of soldiers

Gulf nations seek Ukrainian drones

In an unmarked and undisclosed location in western Ukraine, British and Ukrainian engineers work side by side to fix damaged military hardware, crawling under the chassis of artillery systems and pulling apart the insides of British-donated howitzers

The continent’s economic strength and liberal values can be an asset in a multipolar world

Both Moscow and Kyiv possess advanced drone warfare capabilities, with battlefield innovations from the conflict reshaping modern tactics

A government minister has defended long delays to a military spending plan that are also stalling the UK’s next-generation Tempest fighter jet programme, but refused to say when it will be complete

The Royal Navy’s new unmanned helicopter has flown for the first time

Ben Clarke has been building helicopters for more than two decades, like his uncle and grandfather before him