Labour’s vision for defence
26/06/2018
Yesterday Nia Griffith, Shadow Defence Secretary for the Labour Party, provided insight into the party’s position on the future of UK’s defence and security at…
Policy & Politics
MPs Champion Combat Air in Defence Questions
12/06/2018
Yesterday in the House of Commons, Members of Parliament questioned the Government on priorities for the UK defence industry and Combat Air. Chris Matheson, the…
Industrial Strategy successes must not be overlooked
11/06/2018
Today The Guardian reports that some UK business organisations have joined with Opposition parties Labour and the Liberal Democrats in calling on the Government to…
House of Commons Defence Committee Highlights Importance of Defence Co-operation
08/06/2018
On Friday 8th June the House of Commons Defence Committee published a report on the UK Government’s proposals for a future security partnership with the…
Securing the Future: The UK’s new counter-terrorism strategy
06/06/2018
A firm response to the 2017 terrorist attacks On Sunday 3rd June 2018 the UK marked one year since the horrific London Bridge attack. The…
Trump, steel and protectionism
01/06/2018
After originally exempting the EU, Canada and Mexico from steel and aluminium import tariffs, the US removed their exemptions today. All three have promised retaliatory…
Will the UK launch its own Galileo?
29/05/2018
Last week saw increasingly active discussion of the UK’s future in Galileo, the EU’s global navigation satellite system. On Monday, the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson…
Civil drones: the world of the future
21/05/2018
They have been the subject of science fiction for decades, but drones are arriving on our shores in ever-increasing numbers. As the purposes they may…
Aerospace All Party Parliamentary Group visits Cranfield University
21/05/2018
Last week the Aerospace All Party Parliamentary Group, chaired by Chris Matheson MP, were welcomed to the world renowned Cranfield University, by Chief Executive and…
Staying in EASA, ECHA isn’t cherry picking, it stands on precedent
17/05/2018
In her Mansion House speech in March, the PM said that the UK would like to stay in three European Union agencies: the European Aviation…