The Latest Breaking News from the Ministry of Defence

Figures raise questions about safeguarding at college given ‘outstanding’ for welfare by Ofsted

The claims are based on leaked documents from Moscow

Military personnel could perform counter-terrorism duties if armed Metropolitan Police officers are unavailable.

By any Whitehall standard, the Ministry of Defence is a weird place. I am not just referring to its forbidding architectural lines, partly Orwell’s 1984 Ministry of Truth and Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, but its very nature. It is a hybrid, a frontline Whitehall ministry and an active military headquarters.

The decommissioned tank was found in a scrap yard 20km from an army training base in northern Israel, authorities say.

The National Audit Office flagged concerns about how the defence department manages its £11.8 billion portfolio of equipment.

The diminished number of aircraft raises questions as to whether the RAF could defend the country in an all-out war, the Defence Committee said.

GMB Scotland members at the MoD’s Defence, Equipment & Support centre in Beith, North Ayrshire, will walk out on Monday for two weeks.

The new Defence Secretary has indicated that he will seek increased funding for the armed forces, as he warned critics not to ‘underestimate’ him.