The Latest Breaking News from Alex Chalk

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas hits back at suggestions from his Labor counterparts in Victoria and WA that his state should take nuclear waste from the future AUKUS fleet.

Other countries may join "pillar two" of the AUKUS deal, United Kingdom minister for defence procurement Alex Chalk has told parliament.

UK defence minister Alex Chalk visited Rosyth shipyard in Fife, Scotland a few days ago to kick off construction on the second ship in a new class of frigates for the Royal Navy. The navy is buying five of these state-of-the-art Type 31 warships for active service by 2027.

The troops will begin training on Monday, the Government said.

The Challenger 2 tanks the UK is supplying to Ukraine are expected to arrive in the war-torn country at the end of March, a defence minister has said.

Defence minister Alex Chalk said the UK will begin training Ukrainian soldiers in how to use and fix the contingent of tanks ‘next week’.

While the Type 31 frigate programme will go ahead speculation has mounted the future Type 32 could be axed at the next defence spending review.

What do we want? Tories out. When do we want it? Now.

A Tory minister denied that the NHS was in a crisis during a heated discussion on BBC Question Time last night, after members of the panel and audience urged the government to take action

Labour shadow defence minister Chris Evans claimed that 6,000 jobs would have been created.

Locals say voters disillusioned by Boris Johnson are unlikely to be won back by new leader