James Cartlidge

So @wesstreeting if you agree that welfare needs to be cut to fund Defence, but you don’t agree with our policy that the 2 Child benefit cap should be restored to fund Defence - what actual line of...

The toughest challenge to face any Government since WW2 was the pandemic. So I’m incredibly proud that the UK Covid-19 enquiry has found that our development & rollout of Covid vaccines was an ...

It is extraordinary that military chiefs are being asked to find cuts at a time of war on two fronts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Politics is always about what you prioritise. https://t.co/C5f...

With the world getting more dangerous, everyone knows we need to go to 3% on Defence this Parliament - so it’s incredibly disappointing that Labour today confirmed their policy remains 3% in the NE...

Asked today when the Defence Investment Plan will be ready, Labour Minister Luke Pollard really did once again answer with those immortal words…

At PMQs, @KemiBadenoch asked Starmer to urgently upgrade the weapon system on our Type 45 destroyers, so they can better intercept ballistic missiles. This is a crucial issue for Defence - and the ...

When @KemiBadenoch asked the PM about the critical issue of ballistic missile defence, as used on destroyers like HMS Dragon, Starmer not only didn’t answer the question he said HMS Dragon was “com...

To govern is to choose 👇 https://t.co/MJcaPDwB3N

“Starmer cannot defend Britain with an ever expanding welfare budget.” Not my words… so who said that? https://t.co/AyP2OM3gSK

Sky reporting Labour are planning £3.5bn of cuts to Defence this year - extraordinary, with war on two fronts. Of course, lifting the 2 child benefit cap has cost Labour circa £3bn. Politics is alw...

The key reason why Labour are failing on defence👇 https://t.co/2zv9dtCpZ6

Today, 2 of the 3 authors of Labour’s own Strategic Defence Review - Lord Robertson & Gen Barrons - have slammed Starmer’s failure to fund Defence. Robertson says ‘cut welfare’. We’d restore th...

Chagos chaos latest - Labour Minister confirming to the Commons that there will be NO Chagos treaty legislation this session or the next. Just one backbench Labour MP in support. Just one. A tota...

Kemi just asked the PM - where’s the Defence Investment Plan? Starmer didn’t even attempt to answer. No date; nothing. This is the price we’re paying for Labour prioritising welfare over Defence. ...

Chagos chaos latest - Wes Streeting earlier told @CamillaTominey on @GBNEWS that the Chagos Treaty is merely ‘in abeyance’. Reminds me of the time someone once famously described a parrot as ‘resti...

Excellent speech from @KemiBadenoch at the London Defence Conference - brutally honest about the tough choices we will need to make to lift defence spending to 3%, but also willing to work with the...

As it’s reported legislation to surrender Chagos won’t be in the King’s Speech - is this the next Starmer u-turn? Here’s hoping…

Veterans have given so much to our country and deserve to be supported long after their service ends. That’s why today I can confirm that we will force a vote to legislate for veterans railcards....

Yet another speech from the Defence Secretary today, but the big question remains unanswered - where is the Defence Investment Plan? https://t.co/kz9JVATkj7

When you read the following scoop from @haynesdeborah about yet more paralysis in Starmer’s MOD, just remember this - in govt, in a matter of weeks, we transformed procurement to deliver a vast sca...