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Defence budget blackhole finally plugged
A £38 billion black hole in the UK's defence budget has been eliminated, Defence Secretary Philip...
PM 'approves' jump jets for new carriers
It is reported that the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers will get jump jets, with a formal...
British Forces News
The Former Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Mike Jackson - who oversaw the last major...
British Forces News
The Ministry of Defence's top civil servant is being called before MPs today to answer what are...
MOD reconsiders carrier programme
The Ministry of Defence is reconsidering changes to Britain's aircraft carrier programme, it was...
Aircraft carriers 'may get jump jets'
It is reported that spiralling costs for the new aircraft carrier programme could force the...
Pay body warns of military exodus
Ministers have been warned of the potential loss of "talented and experienced" members of the armed...
MOD's £38b 'black hole' almost balanced
The Ministry of Defence is close to eliminating the £38 billion "black hole" found in its books...
Defence giant BAE profits hit by UK cuts
The pressure on BAE Systems from US and UK defence cuts has been highlighted today as it reported a...
Defence cuts 'risk vital skills'
The armed forces risk losing vital skills because of the speed of the Government's defence cuts,...
SDSR cuts make Libya-sized ops challenge
Britain could struggle to mount another military operation on the scale of the intervention in...
Star Trek science for troops safeguarded
Billions of pounds of funding to drive forward cutting edge defence technology to give frontline...
Army chief 'understands' post SDSR fears
The head of the Army has said he accepts that redundancies are starting to bite and that more...
MOD's £850m bill for redundancy pay-offs
The taxpayer faces a bill of more than £850 million for making thousands of troops and staff...
British Forces News
MPs have attacked a "grotesque" defence cuts process that means armed forces personnel can be...
D-Day for round two of Armed Forces cuts
The Ministry of Defence has revealed figures today for the second tranche of Armed Forces cuts. In...
Gurkha fears in round two of SDSR cuts
Gurkhas are expected to bear the brunt of further Army cuts according to reports today. The...
'Top heavy' MOD to cull senior officers
Hundreds of jobs could be axed in the Ministry of Defence over the next three years, because the...
No going back on SDSR warns Hammond
The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has issued a sharp warning today that there can be no going...
US buys entire Harrier fleet for £110m
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it has sold the UK's entire Harrier fleet to America in a...
BFG families get surprise allowance rise
British troops and their families in Germany have been given anunexpected rise in Local Overseas...
Navy faces shortage of attack submarines
The Royal Navy faces a shortage of attack submarines because of decisions taken in the Government's...
US set to buy scrapped UK Harrier fleet
Britain’s entire fleet of mothballed Harrier jump jets looks set to be sold to the US Navy and...
UK's national security policy 'mismatched' with new threats
Defence and security experts believe Britain's national security policy is mismatched with the new...
Redundancies and cuts 'hurting' forces personnel
The Government has been warned that service personnel are "hurting" because of redundancies and...
Hammond hints defence cuts not set in stone
The new Defence Secretary has hinted that there may be wriggle room in the aftermath of the...
3,000 job cuts confirmed by defence giant BAE Systems
Defence giant BAE Systems has confirmed it is making almost 3,000 job cuts at a number of sites...
Defence review 'was flawed' warns former Lib Dem leader
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats has warned the party conference that last year’s defence...
Defence cuts 'threaten place on UN Security Council' warning
The former head of the Royal Navy Admiral Lord West says defence cuts could cost the UK its...
'Cuts right and extra funding on way' says Liam Fox
The Defence Secretary today said there was no question of the Government failing the military...
MPs warn over cuts to defence budget
MPs are warning that cuts to the armed forces may leave them unable to deliver what is asked of...
Doctor Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary
The Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has pledged a "build-up" of reserve soldiers which could see a...
New aircraft carrier costs to top £10 billion warns spending watchdog
The cost of the new aircraft carriers is set to top 10 billion pounds as ministers are accused of...
Armed forces 'on the brink' warn former armed services chiefs
The Government is being warned by armed services chiefs that the armed forces could be "on the...
Plans to include new joint command for Army, Navy and RAF
The heads of the Army, Navy and RAF have lost their seats on a central defence decision-making body...
Saluting the Nimrod in its final days
The Nimrod R MK1 has taken its final flight at a ceremony at RAF Waddington. The last remaining...
MOD facing '10 billion pound black hole'
It is reported that a 10 billion pound black hole in the defence budget could see further cuts hit...
SDSR under scrutiny at defence committee
The SDSR has been under scrutiny at Westminster. The Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey and senior...
A group of retired senior commanders are warning about the danger of defence cut
A group of retired senior commanders are warning cuts in Britain's military threaten the country's...
Military helicopters `under threat' in fresh round of cuts
It is reported that the Armed Forces could lose more military helicopters in a fresh round of...

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Major General Richard Barrons, Assistant CGS

The Assistant Chief of the General Staff, Major General Richard Barrons speaks to British Forces...