One of Sir Keir Starmer’s first acts as prime minister was to order a “root and branch” review of Britain’s armed forces. The prime minister said the UK’s military capabilities had been “hollowed out” ...

Keir Starmer’s has been told his defence spending review is “unravelling” amid a row over the government’s plans to increase the military budget. The prime minister announced in February that defence ...

The British defence review was asked to make its recommendations within the budgetary constraints of spending 2.5% of GDP on defence. But it is already clear that to meet its goals of transforming ...

The UK is facing a "new era of threat" when drones, artificial intelligence and other technologies are changing the nature of war more fundamentally than ever before in history. Source: the UK ...

The government announced that Britain would increase its fleet of nuclear-powered attack subs. This announcement comes ahead of an upcoming defence review, which is expected to state that the country ...

The UK government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) process is poised to enter its next phase, following the completion of an initial consultation period. Outlining the ongoing activity’s progress ...

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The UK Labour government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) “Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad” has broad implications for education. The SDR aims to create new pathways between youth ...

On 16 July, not yet two weeks into his term of office, prime minister Keir Starmer announced a “root and branch” review of the United Kingdom’s armed forces. With major war now returned to the ...

When the Labour Party won the U.K. general election in July, it took office having promised wholesale change. Its campaign manifesto, a safe and unthreatening document of generalizations and ...

The UK Ministry of Defence could be poised to publish the findings of its eagerly awaited Strategic Defence Review (SDR) activity by early June, according to one of the report’s key contributors. “It ...