British defence giants are preparing to move production to a war footing as European governments race to re-arm. The country's biggest arms manufacturers, including BAE Systems, Babcock ...

The British defence industry will be protected from more US takeovers, Sir Keir Starmer has signalled, amid fears one of the country’s key weapons manufacturers is about to fall into American hands.

The Future Soldier warfighting structure stands as an impediment to the British Army attaining mass, with reservist unit training withering. With near-peer threats and stiff economic challenges, ...

The Government is set to make it easier for British defence firms to borrow money, amid signs some are being ‘debanked’. Sources say a growing number of companies in the field have been ...

The government will increase its credit agency UK Export Finance's (UKEF) direct lending capacity for defence by 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to 10 billion, the finance ministry said. The boost ...

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - British defence minister John Healey will meet U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine, Britain's ministry of ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5% of the size of the economy from April 2027, something the Chancellor believes will help create jobs and drive ...

The Chancellor will accuse previous governments of ducking decisions on defence spending. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to promise to cut red tape to make it easier for the Government to buy ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5% of the size of the economy from April 2027, something the Chancellor believes will help create jobs and drive growth in ...

They warned that these 'often wrongly exclude all defence investment as unethical' and said there can be 'no more ethical investment' than backing Ukraine. As well as boosting the supply of 'vital ...