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Ben Wallace steps back from Liz Truss’s 3% defence spending target

Defence secretary changes stance under new PM after previously threatening to quit if pledge not met

The Guardian - UK

Wallace ‘determined’ to increase defence spending despite budget pressures

The Defence Secretary was speaking after a meeting of ministers from the Joint Expeditionary Force nations in Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

Withdrawal from Kherson reinforces Russian weakness, Sunak and Zelensky say

The Prime Minister expressed careful optimism over Moscow’s troops being forced to flee Kherson.

The Independent UK

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Wallace urges caution on Russian withdrawal from Kherson

Mr Wallace and other defence ministers stressed it is Ukraine’s choice to enter peace talks or not.

The Independent UK

UK to provide 1,000 more air defence missiles to Ukraine OLD

Nato chief confident UK will ‘lead by example’ on defence spending after Rishi Sunak meeting

The Independent UK

Russia 'losing slowly' in Ukraine war as UK vows to continue to support invaded country

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace spoke to Ukrainian volunteers who are being trained to fight in the war against Russia and told them Britain will support them as Russia continues to struggles in the war

Daily Mirror

Russia ‘slowly losing war’, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells Ukrainian troops training in Kent

Mr Wallace also said the UK does not fear reprisals from Russia for supporting Ukraine

Evening Standard

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Wallace: UK doesn’t fear Russian reprisals for supporting Ukraine

The Defence Secretary spoke out on a visit to an Army camp where Ukrainian volunteers are being trained to fight in the war against Russia.

The Independent UK

UK boosts support for Ukrainian troops through winter

Britain is stepping up its support for Ukrainian soldiers through the winter, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Reuters on Wednesday, following weeks of Ukrainian advances towards the southern city of Kherson.

Reuters

Tory MP rebuked over ‘crass racial slur’ in Commons

Second row in as many weeks

The Independent UK

Claims of nuclear radiation breach at Trident depot denied by Royal Navy

CLAIMS that a Trident nuclear weapons depot had to be closed due to a dangerous radiation breach have been denied by the Royal Navy.

The National (Scotland)

UK government rejects plan to build national flagship

Britain’s government has scrapped a 250 million-pound ($288 million) plan to build a national flagship that was supposed to tour the world as a “floating embassy” amid a public spending squeeze and to prioritize funding for boosting U.K. defenses against Russia

The Independent UK

What was Boris Johnson’s national flagship project and why was it terminated?

The national flagship yacht was meant to promote the UK abroad

Evening Standard

Labour defence chief visits NATO HQ as party ramps up links with alliance

John Healey travels to Brussels for negotiations with coalition leaders and ambassadors from member countries

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Evening Standard

Watch: National flagship plans terminated by Defence Secretary

A £250 million scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped as part of a squeeze on government spending. The national flagship plan was sunk by Rishi Sunak’s administration as Whitehall braced for cuts in the November 17 autumn statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The…

The Guardian - UK

Sunak sinks new royal yacht plan in favour of ocean surveillance ship

Defence capabilities prioritised over Johnson’s £250m ‘vanity project’ for successor to HMY Britannia

Daily Mirror

Top Tory defends buying foreign so troops don't have 'rubbish' gear like Russia

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said working with companies based abroad meant UK armed forces would always have the "best" equipment

The Independent UK

Putin and spending squeeze sink plans for royal yacht replacement

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the priority was on new vessels to protect undersea cables rather than a ‘national flagship’.

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Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak torpedoes Boris Johnson's £250m plan for a new royal yacht

The idea of replacing the Royal Yacht Britannia has been well and truly sunk as Jeremy Hunt prepares to announce billions of pounds of spending cuts and tax rises at the Autumn Statement

The Independent UK

Government cancels Brexit trade yacht plan ‘with immediate effect’

Defence secretary says competition has been ‘terminated’

The National (Scotland)

Ben Wallace confirms plans for £250m royal yacht have been scrapped

DEFENCE Secretary Ben Wallace has told MPs that he has terminated the competition to build a "national flagship" yacht with immediate…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Former Bulls star Joakim Noah details being suspended by his own teammates

Former Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah appeared Saturday on "The Old Man and The Three" podcast with former NBA guard J.J. Redick and Tommy Alter to recount how he was suspended by his teammates during his rookie season with the Bulls.

Daily Mirror

Secretive medal committee which denies honours to veterans will be reviewed, vows Labour

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey promises to "look again" at the system for honouring service personnel after a series of scandals

Daily Mirror

Britain's nuclear test heroes to get Cenotaph honours despite Ministry of Defence snub

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he has no plans to attend the event to commemorate the men who delivered Britain's nuclear deterrent at the National Memorial Arboretum on November 21

The Independent UK

Wallace denies resignation threat over defence spending pledge

The Defence Secretary said he will be fighting for ‘as much money as I can get’ when he meets Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

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