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Speech: Hard as well as soft power: the case for modern defence
1. BRITAIN’S PROUD HISTORY
The United Kingdom has a proud history on the world stage. We helped defeat tyranny in two world wars and communism in the Cold War. We have shielded the most vulnerable from Kosovo to Sierra Leone. We helped liberate millions from the shackles of oppression...Read More »
News story: World war one Durham light infantry soldier finally given military burial a century after his death
Private (Pte) Thomas Telford Edmundson has been laid to rest over 100 years after he died on 26 April 1915 fighting during the Great War. Since his death aged just 20 years old, he has remained in a shallow grave in a field near the town of Zonnebeke,...Read More »
News story: Top industry group pledges to support veteran entrepreneurs
The Institute of Directors (IoD) became the latest organisation to sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant yesterday at their annual conference in London.
The IoD’s Covenant pledges also include allowing veterans to access their organisation’s expert network of advice and resources for entrepreneurs, joining with the MOD on forging...Read More »
News story: Top industry group pledges to support veteran entrepreneurs
The Institute of Directors (IoD) became the latest organisation to sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant yesterday at their annual conference in London.
The IoD’s Covenant pledges also include allowing veterans to access their organisation’s expert network of advice and resources for entrepreneurs, joining with the MOD on forging...Read More »
News story: Novichok nerve agent use in Salisbury: UK government response
Updated: Statement to the OPCW Executive Council added
On Sunday 4 March Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in Salisbury with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia.
G7 foreign ministers’ statement
The G7 foreign ministers issued a statement condemning the nerve agent attack and agreeing with...Read More »