Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has revealed figures showing that almost 30 per cent of officers in the Armed Forces progressed from the lower military ranks.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that work to ready a historic jetty at Her Majesty’s Naval Dockyard Portsmouth for the arrival of the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy has been completed.
General Sir Gordon Messenger, vice chief of the defence staff, has welcomed the increasing female participation in the Afghan security forces at a graduation ceremony for new Afghan officers at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) in Kabul.
The Royal Navy has formally named its new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) HMS Forth, in honour of the famous Scottish river, in a ceremony at the BAE Systems Scotstoun shipyard.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD)is set to invest up to £6 million in innovative new technologies, processes and ways of operating that improve the ability of defence staff to analyse and exploit data in decision-making.
In a meeting of European Union Defence Ministers in Brussels, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has called on the EU to step up cooperation with NATO in order for the two organisations to more effectively tackle shared security challenges.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced new policies which will require police forces to collect and publish detailed data on all their use of force, including Taser usage, from April.
Work and Pensions Select Committee chairman Frank Field has called for surplus army food packs to be used to feed the UK's homeless population, after figures showed 12,275 operational ration packs (ORP) had been disposed of between April and December.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has confirmed that £1.7 billion will be invested to upgrade Scottish military bases as the Ministry Of Defence’s (MoD) Defence Board convened in Edinburgh for the first time.
Prison officers from 31 prisons in London and south-east England are set to receive pay rises of up to £5,000, in a bid to encourage more recruits to join the service.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will meet new US Defence Secretary James Mattis at NATO Defence Ministerial, in Brussels.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has claimed the government’s defence spending has dropped to 1.98 per cent, missing its target to spend at least two per cent of national income on defence.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and Cypriot Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides have signed a Defence Co-operation Programme in the capital Nicosia today, agreeing to closer working.