The Latest Breaking News from John Hutton

‘Bizarre’ lack of urgency in putting UK on war footing, says defence review co-author

Exclusive: Fiona Hill, a former White House chief adviser, joins ex-Nato chief in criticising Starmer’s leadership on defence UK politics live – latest updates

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14

Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says

Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been seized on in trial

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

How to draw every president and first lady in 4 steps

An art history professor from North Carolina has developed a unique method for drawing portraits of U.S. presidents and first ladies

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

‘A just outcome’: Military chiefs and politicians hail common sense victory for Afghan war hero

‘There are people who came to us for help, and we owe them,’ says former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, amid win for Independent campaign

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

At last! Hero Afghan pilot who fought Taliban is granted asylum in Britain

Exclusive: After five months of resisting this paper’s call to honour our debt to a war veteran who fought with UK forces, the government capitulates – and does the right thing

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

Army fury at Prince Harry 'kills' boast as colonel says he 'turned against other family'

Iraq veteran Col Tim Collins says Prince Harry has turned against the military, after trashing his birth family. Others said he dehumanised insurgents by calling them 'chess pieces'

Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023

Prince Harry's Taliban comments blasted by ex-Defence Sec as 'wrong on every level'

Lord John Hutton, who was Defence Secretary under Gordon Brown, said admitting to killing 25 people was a 'very serious mistake' and 'it's just inappropriate and wrong'

Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023

Energy trade body criticises Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘sudden’ announcement of windfall tax on renewables

Lord Hutton said government had shaken investor confidence in sector

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

The number of children who read for fun is at a historic low. Why?

There is scientific evidence that reading with your children has positive chemical effects for both parent and child

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2022

Former Queensland coroner condemns police inaction on paedophilia admission in sworn evidence

Retired coroner John Hutton and his former counsel assisting Peter De Waard speak out to condemn police "failure" to act against a man who admitted to child sex offences in sworn testimony delivered during an inquest.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2022