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Empty military housing should be used to home Ukrainian refugees, says MSP

Vacant military housing should be used to support refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, an SNP MSP has said. Gordon MacDonald has written to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, urging him to bring some 11,000 homes owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), ...

31 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Military barracks housing asylum seekers ‘must close with immediate effect’

The Home Office has failed to tackle “fundamental problems” with housing asylum seekers at Napier Barracks and the site should be shut down immediately, according to MPs and peers. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Immigration Detention ...

07 Apr 2022 at 15:55

UK Government not helping Forces families with cost of living, says Labour

Forces families are “falling behind” because the UK Government is doing “too little to help” with the cost of living crisis, Labour has claimed. Shadow defence secretary, John Healey, hit out at the situation as he met veterans during a visit to ...

04 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Northern Ireland

Inquest into SAS shooting of two republicans set to take place next year

An inquest into the deaths of two IRA men shot dead by the SAS in the grounds of a hospital in 1984 is set to proceed next year. Danny Doherty, aged 23, and William Fleming, who was 19, were killed by soldiers at Gransha Hospital in Londonderry....

05 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Safety concerns over offenders freed from UK’s military jail

Sex offenders and violent criminals are being freed from the UK’s military jail “without any safeguards or probation supervision”, inspectors have warned. “Considerable gaps” in protection arrangements meant checks were not being carried out ...

05 May 2022 at 01:25

Nato ‘can blunt Russian attack’, senior military officer insists

The UK is fully equipped to fight a war against Russia should Nato be attacked, a senior military officer has said. Air Marshal Richard Knighton, deputy chief of the defence staff, rejected claims made by one of his predecessors, General ...

26 Apr 2022 at 14:55

Russia could use ‘most unsavoury means’ to win in Ukraine, Truss warns

Britain has said Vladimir Putin may be prepared to use “the most unsavoury means” to secure victory in Ukraine amid warnings he could unleash Moscow’s arsenal of battlefield nuclear weapons. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said any use of ...

27 Feb 2022 at 12:55

UK and US impose sanctions on Putin as the noose tightens around Kyiv

Western allies have sought to stage a show of unity as Russian forces close in on Kyiv amid fears a European capital is about to be engulfed in a devastating conflict. The UK, US and the European Union announced plans to impose ...

26 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Biden signs memo to give Ukraine £448m in immediate military assistance

US President Joe Biden has signed a memorandum to provide up to 600 million dollars (£448 million) in “immediate military assistance” to Ukraine as Kyiv officials warned street fighting was under way against Russian forces in ...

26 Feb 2022 at 08:25

Biden signs memo to give Ukraine £448 million in immediate military assistance

26 Feb 2022 at 06:55

Johnson praises Ukrainians for ‘fighting heroically’ as Truss targets oligarchs

Boris Johnson has praised Ukrainians for “fighting heroically” as allies unveiled new measures to hit Russia’s financial system and Liz Truss said the Foreign Office was preparing a “hit list” of oligarchs to sanction . Mr ...

27 Feb 2022 at 05:25

Johnson welcomes moves to exclude Russia from Swift banking system

Boris Johnson has welcomed fresh impetus to exclude Russia from the Swift global banking system after Germany dropped its opposition to the plan. In a dramatic move, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also announced Berlin would ...

26 Feb 2022 at 22:25

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