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Francois Oustry Aug 31, 2023

Grant Shapps, the new defence secretary, faces the challenge of implementing the Integrated Review. He will have to oversee a shift towards a more global and agile posture in cyber, space and nuclear capabilities #UKDefence #Shapps #IntegratedReview https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/grant-shapps-appointed-defence-secretary-after-ben-wallace-resigns-uk-politics-live/ar-AA1g1wLU

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CND UK Mar 14, 2023

“We have yet to see what #Budget2023 will bring to support UK citizens. But what the recent announcements show is that decisions to support working people and to help broker peace globally, leading to peace and prosperity, have not been made. The government instead has made the political choice to follow a path of weapons, confrontation and war.”

Read our full comment on the recent #AUKUS and #IntegratedReview announcements 👇

https://cnduk.org/money-for-war-and-nuclear-weapons/

Money for war and nuclear weapons -

This week the UK government has announced an additional £5 billion of military spending over two years in the context of the Integrated Review Refresh. This takes UK military spending up to 2.2% of GDP this year, with a 'new aspiration' to reach 2.5%.

Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 Mar 14, 2023

I'm reading 🇬🇧 Government's #IntegratedReview refresh https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/integrated-review-refresh-2023-responding-to-a-more-contested-and-volatile-world/integrated-review-refresh-2023-responding-to-a-more-contested-and-volatile-world I'm still digesting what it says on 🇨🇳, but on first impressions, I agree with my friend @lukedepulford whose thread below is well worth reading Progress is being made - but painfully slowly / [...]

Integrated Review Refresh 2023: Responding to a more contested and volatile world

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 Dec 21, 2022

@aliciakearns RT by @benedictrogers: Yesterday I raised with the Prime Minister the need to explicitly consider the risk of hostilities against #Taiwan and increased instability in the #Balkans in the #IntegratedReview refresh. I'll take the answer as a work in progress...but marker laid in the sand. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/aliciakearns/status/1605480566702297089#m

Alicia Kearns MP (@aliciakearns)

Yesterday I raised with the Prime Minister the need to explicitly consider the risk of hostilities against #Taiwan and increased instability in the #Balkans in the #IntegratedReview refresh. I'll take the answer as a work in progress...but marker laid in the sand.

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