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UK jobs and skills will be the driving force behind making the country a defence industrial leader under a transformative new strategy to be launched next week.
The UK defence sector has driven unprecedented growth across the country following at least £1.4 billion foreign investment being announced since July 2024.
The Defence Secretary, John Healey, and his Norwegian counterpart, Tore O. Sandvik, today signed an historic agreement to enhance the strategic partnership between the UK and Norway
Loan to Ukraine has enabled UK to deliver hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition, hundreds of air defence missiles, and other essential equipment
Statement on Ukraine
Billions of pounds will be pumped into the UK economy following Norway’s decision to select British warships for their Armed Forces – securing thousands of jobs in Britain for years to come.
The Defence Secretary met Japanese PM Ishiba and his counterpart, Minister Nakatani, while welcoming the Carrier Strike Group deployment to Tokyo
Secretary of State John Healey addressed the Pacific Future Forum in Tokyo, Japan.
Extension supports UK’s objective of supporting Ukraine to defend itself from Russian attack, while developing its Armed Forces to deter Putin in future
Their Majesties The King and Queen will join Second World War veterans at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
Armed Forces families will benefit from new freedoms to keep pets, decorate and personalise their houses, and run businesses from home.
VJ Day 80 celebrations will include flypasts, music and commemorations across the globe.
On 26 July 2025 in Geelong, Australia, the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and the Right Honourable John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom (UK) …
Joint statement from UK and Australia on the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) July 2025
Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary in Australia alongside UK’s Carrier Strike Group - demonstrating government’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
A multi-billion-pound export deal of Typhoon fighter jets to Türkiye – which could secure thousands of skilled UK jobs – is a significant step closer today, following the signing of an agreement that will also strengthen the…
The UK Carrier Strike Group has led a major British contribution to the large multinational exercise in Australia.
More than £150 million worth of air defence and artillery has been delivered to Ukraine in the last two months, as procurement of hundreds of air defence missiles and thousands of rounds of artillery to provide to Ukraine ra…
Statement on a significant data protection breach from February 2022, relating to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.Â
Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, provided an update to the House of Commons on the war in Ukraine.
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