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University to be founding member of group linking universities and UK defence industry

The Business Desk 14 Jul 2026
The DUA will build a more strategic relationship between defence and academia to support UK defence in meeting the ambitions of the Government’s Strategic Defence ...
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Do UK defence stocks make excellent dividend shares?

The Motley Fool 12 Jul 2026
The table below shows the current (12 July) yields of UK defence stocks with market-caps in excess of £50m ... The post Do UK defence stocks make excellent dividend shares? appeared first on The Twelfth Magpie.
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Starmer: Trump did not raise ‘any issue’ with UK defence spending at Nato summit

London Evening Standard 08 Jul 2026
The gathering in Ankara has been overshadowed by the US president’s attacks on the alliance ... .
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UK defences strengthened against foreign state-backed groups (HO - UK Home Office)

Public Technologies 08 Jul 2026
The new measures bolster the UK's defences to keep pace with the growing scale and complexity of threats from foreign states - with more threats to life and increased use of proxy groups to hide their tracks.
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UK defences strengthened against foreign state-backed groups (FSA - Food Standards Agency)

Public Technologies 08 Jul 2026
The new measures bolster the UK's defences to keep pace with the growing scale and complexity of threats from foreign states - with more threats to life and increased use of proxy groups to hide their tracks.
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New UK defence plan fails to deliver on space, despite the military’s growing reliance on ...

The Conversation 07 Jul 2026
The defence investment plan sets out the UK government’s funding choices for the British armed forces ... The defence investment plan recognises this in rhetoric but does not explain how the UK will secure access to the required space infrastructure.
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UK Defence Sec won’t say if he’s spoken to Burnham about spending

Channel 4 06 Jul 2026
... along with “clear and credible” plans to commit 3.5% of GDP to defence spending.
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Minister calls on Burnham to show path to 3.5% target on UK defence spending

The Guardian 06 Jul 2026
Dan Jarvis, who wants to stay on as defence secretary, says he is confident PM-in-waiting values national security.
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The new technologies in the UK defence investment plan

The Conversation 03 Jul 2026
Announcing the DIP in the House of Commons, Dan Jarvis, the defence secretary, said the UK would be making its “largest ever investment in drone warfare ... The UK’s sole ballistic missile defence ...
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Op-Ed: UK Defence Investment Plan Delivers More But Not Enough

The Maritime Executive 01 Jul 2026
Not wishing to depress those of our readers who agree that the price of peace is the cost of preparing for war, your correspondent has listened to the ....
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Putin Will See UK's Defence Investment Plan Is 'Smoke And Mirrors', Ex-Nato Commander Warns

Huffington Post 01 Jul 2026
Vladimir Putin will see that the UK’s defence spending proposals is not fully funded and is all “smoke and mirrors”, according to a former Nato commander. Keir Starmer unveiled the long-awaited Defence ...
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Reeves warns Burnham against borrowing to fill UK defence budget black hole

The Daily Telegraph 01 Jul 2026
Writing in the Telegraph, the Chancellor said Labour’s defence investment plan (DIP), which will add £15bn to the UK’s £298bn military spending over the next four years, was only possible because of her strict fiscal rules.
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'We will bolster Nato', says UK defence secretary

BBC News 30 Jun 2026
Jarvis says defence spending plans "reflect the realities of warfare" and commits to strengthening the UK's nuclear deterrent ... .
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