Defence Select Committee

Securing the Future of Afghanistan

James Arbuthnot | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Politics
James Arbuthnot

In our report published today, we concluded that, at the end of UK operations in Afghanistan in 2014, the best the UK will be able to do is to withdraw in good order and engage with external partners to improve Afghanistan's future prospects.

Chris Wimpress

Reflections Of A Labour MP Just Back From Falklands

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Wimpress | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK Politics

Labour MP and defence select committee member Thomas Docherty spent much of last week in the Falkland Islands, visiting the base of service personnel ...

Are We Prepared for a Super Solar Flare Threat?

Aisha Gani | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Tech
Aisha Gani

It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but the Sun erupted on Tuesday evening, releasing a torrent of charged particles that could have many implications on our infrastructure.

The Cost Of Redundancy

PA | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK Politics

The taxpayer faces a bill of more than £850 million for making thousands of troops and staff redundant from the Ministry of Defence. The money wil...

The Military-Industrial Complex: The Danger Within

Adnan Al-Daini | Posted 15.10.2011 | UK Politics
Adnan Al-Daini

Putting aside the immorality, the suffering, and sheer inhumanity of these wars, they have been a gigantic fraud on American and British taxpayers.

Chris Wimpress

You Can't Have It Both Ways On Defence, MPs Tell Cameron

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Wimpress | Posted 02.10.2011 | UK Politics

David Cameron has been told that his recent claim that the UK maintains a 'full-spectrum defence force' can't be justified, and that cuts to the budge...