Defence Secretary reveals £1bn scheme to build new nuclear deterrent, in a move that will cause tensions in the Coalition. full story ![]()

British pilots test the F-35 fighter in the US, as Philip Hammond tells Sky News it is unclear how many jets the UK will buy.
sky.com (20 days ago)

Times are tight and suddenly everyone has a favourite target for spending cuts. For Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, it is the Trident missile system. For Philip Hammond at defence, it is the welfare budget.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 14 days ago)
DEFENCE Secretary Philip Hammond has revealed his reservations over plans from Prime Minister David Cameron to legalise same sex marriages.
dailyexpress.co.uk (6 days ago)
More than half of Scots think the Trident nuclear deterrent should be replaced rather than scrapped, according to a new...
thetimes.co.uk (14 days ago)

Labour is set to follow the Conservatives and back a "like for like" replacement for Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent, The Telegraph has learned.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 16 days ago)

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warns that the Armed Forces cannot sustain further cuts and demands that the welfare bill is reduced to reflect rising levels of employment instead.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 23 days ago)

Defence Minister Philip Hammond plans to bring private-sector rigour into the bloated way his department spends its £14 billion a year on new kit for our armed forces.
standard.co.uk (14 days ago)

David Cameron's plans for same-sex marriage have unnecessarily upset "vast numbers of people", Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
independent.co.uk (6 days ago)

Prime Minister David Cameron's plans for same-sex marriage have unnecessarily upset "vast numbers of people", Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
standard.co.uk (6 days ago)

David Cameron's plans for same-sex marriage have unnecessarily upset "vast numbers of people", Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
independent.co.uk (6 days ago)
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