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U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has formally submitted his resignation amid speculation that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will name his successor later in the day

Mr Wallace announced last month he would resign from the senior Cabinet role at the next reshuffle.

PM prepares to reveal mini-reshuffle after Wallace formally steps down – amid speculation someone ‘unexpected’ getting top cabinet job

Sir Richard Dannatt, the former head of the Armed Forces, says Shapps knows ‘very little’ about defence

Claire Coutinho named as energy secretary in Sunak’s mini cabinet reshuffle

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Glen have both been linked with the post.

Adm Sir Tony Radakin recognised in Washington and Kyiv as an increasingly important actor

Rishi Sunak, his ministers and their officials dragged their heels for five months – saying it was not possible to offer the pilot help and arguing that the rules did not apply to him

Plans to train the marines were announced in February during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to London.

Have you heard the one about Private Pike and the MoD? It was the nickname given to Gavin Williamson when he was defence secretary in the Theresa May government. Allies of the then-chancellor Philip Hammond briefed the Dad’s Army jibe to the press in return for the young Williamson allegedly…

SCOTTISH staff at a Ministry of Defence (MoD) missile depot have voted to escalate strike action in a pay dispute.