Business leaders call for defence industry to be made a national priority as critical material shortages, steel pressures and economic coercion threaten UK supply chain resilience. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has issued a stark warning that the UK’s defence industrial base is increasingly exposed to trade shocks and supply ...
More than 120 service family homes at Woolwich Barracks in south London are being upgraded under the £9 billion Defence Housing Strategy, with the first of the refurbished properties handed over ahead of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment returning from deployment in Cyprus. Defence Secretary John Healey MP and ...
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group is now fully established, marking the most significant structural reform of UK defence procurement in a generation. The announcement, made on 13 April 2026, also confirms the retirement of Deputy National Armaments Director Andy Start, the former ...
Security Minister Dan Jarvis issued a direct call for leading AI companies and innovators to collaborate with the UK government during a keynote address at the CYBERUK conference on Wednesday 22 April 2026. Addressing an audience of industry leaders and technical experts, the Minister characterised the development of AI-powered cyber ...