Director, Government Affairs, BMNT Ltd. | Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_org | Visiting Senior Research Fellow @warstudies | Vice Chair, RISC | War Studies PhD |
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@BritainLeads has published my essay on the opportunity for the UK to cement its position as Europe's leading Upper-Middle Power. The essay explores the UK's strengths in defence, intelligence, diplomacy, development and technology, and is available here: coalitionforglobalprosperity…
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The Budget and its consequences for defence - key measures announced in today's document:
1⃣ £15bn of previously uncertain funding confirmed for the DIP
2⃣ 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035 confirmed, with a 3% by 2030 target
3⃣ An extra £10bn for Ukraine
4⃣ A new defence financing taskforce to deploy £5bn over four years into British industry
5⃣ Treaty negotiations with 🇳🇱🇵🇱🇫🇮 to establish a joint-procurement mechanism
6⃣ Funding for defence technical colleges in Scotland and Wales
BUT
🧨 Around £5bn for defence is being found by cutting departmental spending, including from green infrastructure projects. £500m will be cut from hydrogen, £200m from carbon capture, £200m from the Warm Homes Plan and £200m from Great British Energy
🧨 Includes a general 1% reduction in spending across all departmental budgets and £1.7bn from unallocated contingency funds in the Treasury's capital reserves
🧨 The details for how the government will reach 3% by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035 not set out in the budget - its all been deferred to the 2027 spending review
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The budget reveals that the Ministry of Defence finally has a new permanent Director General Innovation:
"Accelerating the delivery of cutting-edge innovative technology. UK Defence Innovation – the Ministry of Defence’s innovation agency – was launched last year with a ringfenced budget of £400 million per year, and the government can now confirm Tony Reeves as the new permanent Director General Innovation"
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An interesting and thoughtful essay by @HugoRosemont , engaging generously with my argument in TROTGP. ⬇️
🇬🇧 How should Britain establish itself as a leading upper-middle power?
In a new essay, @HugoRosemont challenges narratives of British decline and sets out a positive and proactive vision for UK foreign policy.
Read here: coalitionforglobalprosperity…
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🇬🇧 How should Britain establish itself as a leading upper-middle power?
In a new essay, @HugoRosemont challenges narratives of British decline and sets out a positive and proactive vision for UK foreign policy.
Read here: coalitionforglobalprosperity…
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BREAKING: Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP says he will set out a plan to lift defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 in the spending review next year (instead of 2.7% as previously planned) - as well as how he will go further to lift spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035
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“We should be striving to be Europe’s leading middle power.” 🇬🇧
Dr @HugoRosemont on @LBC this morning, discussing his new paper, “Upper Middle Power: An Essay on UK Foreign Policy”, which sets out a more ambitious vision for UK foreign, defence and security policy.
📄 Read here: coalitionforglobalprosperity…
🎥 Watch the full clip: youtube.com/watch?v=7s7hSC5K…
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💥With UK households urged to stock supplies for a crisis, what about companies?
We filmed a business wargame, with executives from various sectors - water, energy, telecoms - pretending to run 2 fictitious companies at a time of escalating hostilities ⬇️
news.sky.com/video/inside-a-…
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Huge. British Govt announces:
• £165m: National AI Biosecurity Initiative: Includes £100m for a new AI Biosecurity Lab, using AI to detect emerging biological threats.
• £120m: AI Security Institute (AISI): Additional funding to strengthen AI risk research and evaluation.
• £70m: National Exposure and Real-Time Vulnerability (NERV) Centre: Identifying vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.
• £60m: National Cyber Shield: Strengthening Britain’s cyber defences.
• £60m: UK Sovereign AI: Expanding investment into physical and industrial AI.
• £60m: R&D Procurement Scheme: Supporting companies developing AI security and NHS innovations.
• £30m: Mayoral AI Partnerships: Helping local businesses adopt AI, create jobs and improve public services.
• £23m : AI Economics Institute: Research into AI’s effects on productivity, employment and living standards.
• £18m: UK Advanced Chip Design Academy: Developing domestic semiconductor design expertise and reducing overseas dependencies.
1/7 I have two simple tests for British AI, driven by our values. Is it safe? And is it ours to shape? 🇬🇧
Today, Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP is announcing a major, ambitious package of investment to strengthen Britain's defences against emerging threats, back British innovation, and build our technological independence.
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BREAKING: UK launches new campaign to prepare households for a range of emergencies
beready.campaign.gov.uk/
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As DG MI5 said, the UK has entered a new era of national security.
We are stepping up our response, backing our police and security services with powers to tackle new threats.
My thanks to the men and women of MI5 – they work quietly, serve tirelessly, and help keep us safe.
MI5 devoting more resources to countering state threats than during Cold War, says intelligence chief bbc.in/4AVxDZs
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Joint Statement on the United Kingdom’s Attribution of Iran’s Involvement in Attempted Terrorist Attack at RAF Fairford state.gov/releases/office-of…
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The Conservatives have announced a new multi-billion-pound ‘Iron Dome’ missile defence system if they win the next general election, which they say will protect Britain from missile and drone attacks.
The integrated system, dubbed the "Britannia Shield", would join up advanced radar, upgraded command and control systems, and new interceptor missiles and counter-drone capabilities to combat attacks from drones to long-range missiles.
Sky's @AliFortescue reports.
🔗 trib.al/lz3PH4T
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Exclusive:
Kemi Badenoch will publish a 30,000-word booklet summing up the principles of her new Tory Party at conference.
It is 95 pages long and inspired by ‘The Right Approach’, a 1976 pamphlet by Keith Joseph which laid out the tenets of what became Thatcherism.
The Sunday Times has been handed a copy. It is the clearest distillation to date of what the Badenoch project stands.
‘The Right Way’, as it’s been titled, reveals her values and underlying approach in six broad areas
- Economy
- Energy
- Government
- Country
- Defence
- Borders
Just don’t called it ‘Badenochism’. The leader has her own word for it: “Kemistry.”
I suspect we’ll referring back to this foundational document for a long while to come…
Have a read over here👇
thetimes.com/article/2643828…
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With rising #threats from adversaries and a weakened focus on #European #defence from the #DonaldTrump administration, our #government must step up to properly #invest now in our #ArmedForces … and being timely will also ensure value for money for the #British taxpayer.
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Government source confirms Burnham has *not* committed to hit 3% defence spending by 2030, despite appearing to do so at PMQs, saying: 'His position is unchanged'
Andy Burnham seemed to commit to spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 in response to Q below.
"I've made that commitment, made it very clear... and I have done, for a considerable period of time.
"I was in Ukraine last week for a very specific reason to repeat it on the world stage there. So the honourable gentleman can be absolutely sure of that".
But the PM *hasn't* committed to 3% by 2030 - the Nato target the UK has signed up to is 3.5% by 2035. Did he mishear?!
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I discussed a broad range of defense topics with UK Ambassador @CTurnerFCDO on July 24, including efforts to secure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Additional defense spending increases by our historic and very close ally, the United Kingdom, are critical for our collective security. 4/
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In an interview with @oliver_wright Healey said he could not commit to meeting 3 per cent at present, but hinted that it would be a central part of the next spending review due next year. “At the spending review, we will set out a clear path to meeting our 3.5 per cent Nato commitment in 2035 and we will set a target date on that path for 3 per cent,” he said. thetimes.com/article/6da0013…
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Will @andyburnham commit to his Chancellor's unmet demand that govt must spend 3% of national income on defence, or risk the country's safety?