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Is Physical UK Driving Licence Being Phased Out? Government Confirms 'Full Rollout' of Digital ID System for 2026

The UK is preparing a full rollout of digital driving licences in the GOV.UK Wallet app, offering easier ID checks while leaving the long-term future of the plastic card unresolved.

International Business Times UK

Alistair Carns: Labour’s ex-marine who ‘would be a nightmare’ for the Tories

Amid leadership speculation, former commando has been quietly talked about as a possible future contender

The Guardian - UK

Who is Alistair Carns? The ex-marine turned MP tipped as Labour leader contender

Alistair Carns, a decorated former marine nicknamed ‘Action Man’, has emerged as a wildcard contender to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader

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No 10 says work on repealing Legacy Act ‘in lockstep’ but minister may quit

Veterans minister Al Carns may resign over plans to repeal the Act which has limited prosecutions against former members of the armed forces.

Evening Standard

‘Reconnecting’ defence with society: the public outreach aims behind UK’s army cadet drive

Government’s defence plans include 30% expansion of cadet forces, seen as critical to ‘understanding’ of defence

The Guardian - UK

Race from sea level: British Xenon gas climbers summit Everest in just five days, but now US national claims to have done it in less than four

It took the Army veterans just five days to get from London to the summit of the world's tallest mountain; but now Andrew Ushakov claims to have reached the top of the mountain even faster

Advnture

British Climbers Summit Everest In Record Bid

A British team of veteran ex-special forces soldiers summited Everest on Wednesday, expedition organisers said, in a bid to fly from London, climb the highest peak and return home within seven days.

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‘I think it’s rubbish’: VE Day pilot pleads with veterans’ minister to double defence spending

104-year-old Second World War pilot Colin Bell criticised the government's proposed defence spending target, telling veterans minister Alistair Carns, “I think it’s rubbish.”

The Independent UK

“Xenon won’t propel us to the top, but it will protect us as we climb fast” - British politician plans to summit Everest using controversial gas

Lawmaker Al Carns and three ex-special forces pals want to summit the world's tallest mountain just four days after leaving home

Advnture

Challenge to Clonoe ruling is ‘disgraceful’, Sinn Fein says

A coroner found the SAS soldiers did not have an honest belief in the necessity of using lethal force.

Evening Standard

Government to challenge Clonoe ruling

MP James Cartlidge had called on the Government to seek a judicial review into in the inquest ruling.

Evening Standard

MP to attempt to reach summit of Everest and return to London in seven days

Alistair Carns, with three special forces veterans, hopes to travel from London to the summit of Everest and back within one week.

Evening Standard

Careers support service for veterans to be expanded, says MoD

The ministry said the service would offer a ‘broader range of job support’.

The Independent UK

Memorial for LGBT veterans to be built at National Memorial Arboretum

The memorial will take the form of a crumpled letter made of bronze, made up of words from evidence of personnel who were impacted by the ‘gay ban’.

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UK’s reserve forces are ‘hollowed out’ and still declining, says review

Reserve numbers have been declining since 2021 even as the Government insists more are necessary in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The defence forces are too weak to face dangerous new challenges

And the Government’s delayed defence review will only make things worse

Evening Standard

‘World at dawn of third nuclear age’, armed forces chief warns

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin cast doubt on the possibility of a Russian attack after a defence minister warned the Army could be wiped out in six months.

The Independent UK

Britain’s entire army would be destroyed in six months to a year in a major war, minister warns

Veterans minister issues warning over the state of the armed forces

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Evening Standard

British Army could be destroyed in six to 12 months in full-scale war, minister warns

Veterans minister Alistair Carns said the UK’s forces had to be better prepared to ‘generated depth and mass rapidly’ if there was a crisis.

The Independent UK

Army could be destroyed in six to 12 months in full-scale war, minister warns

Veterans minister Alistair Carns said the UK’s forces had to be better prepared to ‘generated depth and mass rapidly’ if there was a crisis.

Evening Standard

Drones rather than soldiers taking primacy on the battlefield in warfare revolution, says defence minister

Veterans’ Minister Alistair Carns said the massive increase in use of drones in the Ukraine war was ‘like a machine gun moment for the army’

Evening Standard

Wreath-laying marks 10 years since end of UK combat operations in Afghanistan

Minister for veterans and people Alistair Carns, who is a veteran of the conflict himself, attended the ceremony and laid a wreath.

Evening Standard

Three first-time London MPs immediately made ministers as 21 from capital in Government

First-time London MPs Georgia Gould, Sarah Sackman and Miatta Fahnbulleh have been promoted to junior minister roles

The Independent UK

‘We need leadership’: Alistair Carns on leaving the military to become a Labour minister

A colonel and former marine has been appointed veterans’ minister five days after being elected as a Labour MP. Kim Sengupta talks to him about his decision to stand

The Independent UK

Top Royal Marine standing as MP says only Labour can be trusted on defence

Exclusive: Col Alistair Carns gave up the chance to become one of Britain’s youngest brigadiers in order to stand for Labour in Birmingham

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