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Is Whitehall ready for war?: James Heappey, who will soon step down as Conservative MP for Wells after nearly a decade, may have won more column inches in the ...
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Is Whitehall ready for war?
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Britain is not prepared for war, former defence ministers warn: 'War is a whole nation endeavour and, to be frank, in the UK we’re a very long way ...
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Britain is not prepared for war, former defence ministers warn
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Wells MP confirms grants for flood damaged homes & business: Wells MP James Heappey has confirmed grants for flood damaged homes and businesses in Somerset.
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Wells MP confirms grants for flood damaged homes & business
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Defence ministers ‘wrong’ to warn UK unprepared for war, Oliver Dowden claims: Oliver Dowden defends government after jibes from James Heappey and Ben Wallace
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Defence ministers ‘wrong’ to warn UK unprepared for war, Oliver Dowden ...
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Fresh blow for PM as two ministers quit in a day: Robert Halfon quit as an education minister, while James Heappey formally stepped down as armed forces minister ...
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Fresh blow for PM as two ministers quit in a day
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Forget the election — Rishi Sunak’s allies wonder if he’ll get that far: Senior figures around the prime minister think he’ll face a confidence vote if the ...
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Forget the election — Rishi Sunak’s allies wonder if he’ll get that far
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Wells MP James Heappey steps down as armed forces minister: Wells MP James Heappey has stepped down as armed forces minister following an announcement earlier ...
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Wells MP James Heappey steps down as armed forces minister
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UK minister to meet Agnes Wanjiru’s kin following unresolved murder: The British soldiers were on a night beer-drinking spree with commercial sex workers when ...
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UK minister to meet Agnes Wanjiru’s kin following unresolved murder
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Conservative MP candidate thanks Heappey for his service to Burnham: Ashley Fox, the Conservative MP candidate for Burnham and Bridgwater, has today thanked ...
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Conservative MP candidate thanks Heappey for his service to Burnham
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UK: James Heappey to quit as armed forces minister, stand down as MP at next electionShivan Chanana tells you more Watch more at wionews.com/videos
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Britain could send aircraft carrier to the Red Sea to counter Houthi attacks: Mr Heappey said the UK may “plug a gap” in the Red Sea after the warship USS Dwight ...
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Britain could send aircraft carrier to the Red Sea to counter Houthi ...
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Further Yemen strikes not ‘immediately planned,’ British defense chief says: British defense minister James Heappey said Friday that the country has not ...
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Further Yemen strikes not ‘immediately planned,’ British defense chief ...
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‘Attacks on warships the other night were the event that caused the US and the UK to respond as we have, it was an act of self-defence’ says Armed Forces ... Show more   trib.al/tZ4gM7M
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"Our understanding is that all 14 targets that the US and UK prosecuted last night were successfully hit." Armed Forces Minister James Heappey MP ... Show more   trib.al/JSDpGQ9
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Minister visits The Blue School after structural concerns: Baroness Barran visited The Blue School in Wells to discuss the action plan following structural ...
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Minister visits The Blue School after structural concerns
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Government accused of ‘window dressing’ defence capabilities: "That is window dressing rather than having capability, is it not?", asked Kevan Jones MP ...
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Government accused of ‘window dressing’ defence capabilities
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Police appeal for help to find hate crime suspects on pro-Palestinian march: The worst of the disorder was inflicted by far-Right extremists taking part in a ...
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Police appeal for help to find hate crime suspects on pro-Palestinian ...
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Quick Glance: Braverman's Sharp Attack on Sunak After Dismissal
  • Braverman launches scathing attack on PM Sunak, accusing him of abandoning secret promises.

  • Former home secretary criticizes Sunak's record in government after her dismissal.

  • Braverman criticizes Sunak in a letter, accusing him of betrayal.

  • She thanks the PM for the dismissal but criticizes his governance and lack of support.
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Revealed: 1,500 Afghans scrambled to UK in secretive mission as minister speaks of ‘enormous debt’ owed by Britain
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Revealed: 1,500 Afghans scrambled to UK in secretive mission as minister ...
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Israel’s offensive in Gaza will be ‘anything other than horrific’, UK minister warns
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Israel’s offensive in Gaza will be ‘anything other than horrific’ ...
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Israel facing ‘devil’s own choice’ as it prepares for onslaught: UK Armed Forces minister James Heappey said delaying a ground assault into Gaza would only allow ...
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Israel facing ‘devil’s own choice’ as it prepares for onslaught
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Gibraltar’s growing military role: Minister visits the Rock: Gibraltar's rising significance as a strategic military point was recently highlighted during ...
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Gibraltar’s growing military role: Minister visits the Rock
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MP highlights number of frigates being built in Scotland: James Heappey MP, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, recently toured HMS Glasgow on the Clyde.
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MP highlights number of frigates being built in Scotland
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RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian bombers north of Shetland Islands: Armed forces minister James Heappey said crews at RAF Lossiemouth were ready to ‘take ...
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RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian bombers north of Shetland Islands
Quick Glance: RAF Typhoon Jets Intercept Russian Bombers North of Shetland
  • RAF Typhoon jets monitored Russian bombers on Monday morning.

  • Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J aircraft were monitored as they were north of the UK.

  • Such incidents, known as quick reaction alerts, involve RAF crews shadowing Russian military aircraft near UK airspace.

  • Pilots were launched in Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian long-range bombers while they passed north of the Shetland Islands, ready to counter any potential threat to the UK.
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Forget the Cabinet catwalk in reshuffle, it’s mid-ranking ministers who often matter most
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Forget the Cabinet catwalk in reshuffle, it’s mid-ranking ministers who ...
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UK Minister discusses Russian bomber fleet: Russia possesses approximately 80 heavy bomber aircraft, with the majority being Tu-95 BEARs and Tu-22 BACKFIREs ...
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UK Minister discusses Russian bomber fleet
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UK Minister: RIAT-Flugzeuge haben kein Quantencomputersystem: Neue Kampfflugzeuge könnten veraltet sein, wenn sie nicht in der Lage sind, die aufkommende ...
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UK Minister: RIAT-Flugzeuge haben kein Quantencomputersystem
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Failed levelling up bid praised in government feedback: The bid was one of three unsuccessful bids in Somerset
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Failed levelling up bid praised in government feedback
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NATO concern over Faslane fate amid Scottish independence: Relocating the base for nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines from Faslane to a location ...
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NATO concern over Faslane fate amid Scottish independence
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UK commits to continued NATO support in Kosovo

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UK assets ‘boost’ importance of Scottish bases to NATO: The strategic significance of Scotland's geographical location when combined with the UK's ...
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UK assets ‘boost’ importance of Scottish bases to NATO
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Data reveals number of days warships spent at sea last year: The Ministry of Defence has recently disclosed the number of days each Royal Navy frigate and ...
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Data reveals number of days warships spent at sea last year
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Quick Glance: State Minister Heappey praises German support in Ukrainian offensive
  • British State Minister Heappey praises German support in Ukrainian offensive

  • Ukrainian counteroffensive is imminent

  • Germans impress British generals with their contributions

  • Joint efforts towards peace and stability in the region
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Fighter jets for Ukraine: Britain offers Poland ring swap: London is ready to fill in the gaps left for Poland by MiG deliveries to Ukraine. In an interview ...
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Fighter jets for Ukraine: Britain offers Poland ring swap
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Insecurity: UK pledges intelligence sharing with Nigeria: The United Kingdom Minister of State For Armed Forces, James Heappey, on Tuesday ...
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Insecurity: UK pledges intelligence sharing with Nigeria
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Armed forces minister James Heappey says the army is in "urgent need of recapitalisation" after decades of "serial underinvestment" ... Show more   trib.al/ecixuwi
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British Army ‘in urgent need of recapitalisation’, says defence minister: James Heappey said that ‘serial under-investments’ in the Armed Forces had reduced its ...
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British Army ‘in urgent need of recapitalisation’, says defence minister
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UK ready to meet 'systemic challenge' of China, as it pursues trade interests in SEA: UK minister
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UK ready to meet 'systemic challenge' of China, as it pursues ...
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UK announces early troop withdrawal from Mali: Armed Forces Secretary James Heappey says the early withdrawal is linked to the Malian junta's relationship with ...
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UK announces early troop withdrawal from Mali
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Minister warns Truss cannot afford any more mistakes as PM fights to save job: The prime minister's premiership is hanging by a thread as more Tory MPs come out ...
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Minister warns Truss cannot afford any more mistakes as PM fights to save ...
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Law will be changed to stop RAF pilots training Chinese: The law will be changed to stop experienced RAF pilots taking contracts to train pilots in the Chinese ...
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Law will be changed to stop RAF pilots training Chinese
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Government crisis in London: No respite for Liz Truss: The British Prime Minister apologizes for her mistakes. But the unrest in the conservative governing party ...
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Government crisis in London: No respite for Liz Truss
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I will quit, says armed forces minister James Heappey if Liz Truss ditches pledge to raise defence spending
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I will quit, says armed forces minister James Heappey if Liz Truss ditches ...
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Wallace and Heappey go on the defensive: What do you do when a country is in crisis? You send in the army. And that’s exactly what two of the finest ...
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Wallace and Heappey go on the defensive
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How did James Heappey MP vote?: James Heappey voted against a motion on a Labour motion that would have forced a vote on a bill to ban fracking ...
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How did James Heappey MP vote?
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Britons must endure ‘short-term pain’ of energy bills so Putin is defeated, minister warns
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Britons must endure ‘short-term pain’ of energy bills so Putin is defeated ...
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RAF investigates ‘positive discrimination’: Ministers will investigate whether the RAF has acted illegally in the past by prioritising females and ethnic ...
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RAF investigates ‘positive discrimination’
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Not right to freeze energy bills despite 'really expensive winter' to come, minister says
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Not right to freeze energy bills despite 'really expensive ...
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James Heappey MP reacts to council funding of 126 bus service: A COUNCIL's intervention to fund part of a discontinued bus service has been described as a “great ...
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James Heappey MP reacts to council funding of 126 bus service
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James Heappey and Jacob Rees-Mogg appointed to Liz Truss's Cabinet: JAMES Heappey and Jacob Rees-Mogg have been handed roles in Prime Minister Liz Truss's first ...
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James Heappey and Jacob Rees-Mogg appointed to Liz Truss's Cabinet
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UK steps up weapons training of Ukrainian forces - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice
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UK steps up weapons training of Ukrainian forces - KyivPost - ...
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Bid to regenerate Somerset communities slammed as 'unimaginative': A £19.3m bid for funding has been launched
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Bid to regenerate Somerset communities slammed as 'unimaginative'
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How did James Heappey MP vote on the confidence motion?: James Heappey voted for a motion expressing confidence in the Government to help it pass in the House of ...
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How did James Heappey MP vote on the confidence motion?
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Ukraine war could last '18 months or more' armed forces minister warns: Speaking on ITV's Peston armed forces minister James Heappey warned the war was far from ...
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Ukraine war could last '18 months or more' armed forces minister warns
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Vladimir Putin’s troops ‘whacked’ in the Donbas as he rushed them into battle too early, says UK
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Vladimir Putin’s troops ‘whacked’ in the Donbas as he rushed them into ...
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Armed forces minister 'sorry' over paratroopers' alleged orgy at barracks
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Armed forces minister 'sorry' over paratroopers' alleged orgy ...
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Museveni, UK Armed Forces minister discuss security: The President, who gave an in-depth background of ancient armies, including the British Imperial army ...
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Museveni, UK Armed Forces minister discuss security