The Latest Breaking News from Grant Shapps

Like all supervillains, the Tories will meet their match

As the crumbling Conservative party lays waste to the UK, a plucky band of heroes are forensically unspinning the spin

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024

Royal Navy upgrades missiles used to shoot down Houthi rebel drones

The Sea Viper Air Defence system will get more effective missiles featuring a new warhead and a software update.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2024

Sunak Says UK Is Ready To Strike Houthis Rebels Once More

Rishi Sunak contradicts Grant Shapps as he warns that the UK is ready to strike Yemeni rebels once more if the group continue to hold hostages and attack shipments.

International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024

11 Cabinet ministers could lose their seats in upcoming election, according to Tory poll

A YouGov survey has predicted that several senior ministers are on track to lose their seats to Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Defence secretary warns of further wars with Russia, China and Iran in next five years

Grant Shapps said the West had moved from a post-war to a pre-war world in his first major speech as defence secretary

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islamist group that urged chants of jihad on streets of London to be banned

Expressing support for, or being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir will become a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2024

UK Announces Biggest Military Deployment To NATO Exercises In Decades

Britain will send 20,000 armed forces personnel to one of NATO's largest exercises since the Cold War, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Monday, warning of increasing threats to the Western-led alliance.

International Business Times · Jan 15, 2024

'That's how polls work': Senior Tory minister discusses possible electoral wipeout

A SENIOR Tory minister said he did not want to “rely on polls” after newly released data suggested the Tories were on course for an electoral…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 15, 2024

Rishi Sunak dismisses ‘malign narrative’ that strikes on Houthis were part of Israel-Gaza war – as it happened

Prime minister tells MPs that strikes were in response to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024

Watch again: Grant Shapps sets out plan on how to defend Britain as UK and US launch strikes on Houthi rebels

Watch again as Grant Shapps sets out the government’s plan on how to defend Britain as the UK and US launch strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday (15 January).

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024