All news on the topic: Ministry of Defence

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Anger as hero troops relying on benefits to make ends meet soars 30% in a year
Members of the United Kingdom's armed forces are struggling to feed their families and pay the bills with the number of troops on Universal Credit shooting up by 30% in a year
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Major pay dispute hits secretive MoD missile site supplying Ukraine
More than 50 key workers at a weapons depot in Scotland have walked out - with another strike due next week - with one source claiming could earn more money at Lidl
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Nuked blood: Rishi Sunak is urged to uncover the truth on missing health records
The PM has been told to fix his "broken promises" as MPs urge an investigation into missing blood records of nuclear veterans
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Fears over public service cuts as Tories fail to offer extra cash for wage hikes
Teachers, troops, prison officers, police, junior doctors and consultants are being offered pay rises - but critics warned that failing to fully fund the wage increases would mean cuts elsewhere
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Russian coup leader's dark fate theorised by US general with Wagner boss missing
The mutiny led by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was a direct challenge to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's authority and many say has significantly weakened his position within the country
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Evidence of crimes against Brit servicemen in Cold War radiation experiments
The nuked blood scandal first exposed by the Mirror last year has uncovered shocking new evidence of possible crimes committed by the British state against its own servicemen
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Rishi Sunak urges NATO allies to pump more cash into defence
The PM also took a swipe at the alliance's 'out of date' spending reports showing the percentage spent by Britain is due to drop from 2.16% in 2022 to 2.07% in 2023
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Vital military gear worth £770million still not sent to Ukraine after 11 months
The Mirror can reveal that equipment ordered from a pot of cash has yet to be sent to the war-torn nation - despite the fund being set up last August
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Rishi Sunak calls for 'progress' on Ukraine's bid to join NATO as leaders meet
The Prime Minister called on alliance chiefs to show Kyiv’s bid had moved forward since the organisation first agreed in principle in Bucharest in 2008 that Ukraine could one day join the alliance
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Cost of UK defence projects rocketed by £9billion in just a year, report shows
The analysis comes as the Prime Minister prepares for this week's NATO summit in Vilnius where the war in Ukraine is expected to top the agenda
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Rishi Sunak 'to be urged to say sorry' to LGBT+ forces veterans over report
The study is said to include accounts of troops being given electric-shock conversion therapy and intrusive medical examinations amid witch hunts of people suspected of being gay
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Huge rise in soldiers seeking mental health help as cost of living crisis blamed
The annual Ministry of Defence report found almost 21,000 went to their GP or the armed forces last year with depression, anxiety, PTSD or other psychological issues
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MoD 'doesn't know' how many veterans are infertile after radiation experiments
Yet another veteran of the Cold War has died alone without family, with friends desperately trying to trace distant relatives in the hope they can attend his funeral
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Military veteran trying to live on UK's most remote rock for 60 days rescued
Chris Cameron was winched to safety by a coastguard helicopter 32 days into his world record attempt to live on the tiny islet of Rockall, in the North Atlantic, for 60 days
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Tory row over delivering the nuclear veteran medal
The long-awaited honour was promised in summer, but the Ministry of Defence says the "timescale has been revised"
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Vladimir Putin's FSB employed mob tactics to halt coup leader's march on Moscow
Wagner group chef Yevgeny Prigozhin sparked panic in the halls of the Kremlin on Saturday when he announced that he was marching 25,000 of his elite and murderous mercenaries on to Moscow to topple Russia's military leadership
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Russian army desert Putin and pledge loyalty to Wagner group after coup
Vladimir Putin's soldiers are reportedly beginning to flee their posts and units around Ukraine in support of the Wagner Groups' rebels who were heading for Moscow
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Russia adds trained whales and seals to fleet of dolphins guarding the Black Sea
Russia has trained dolphins guarding a vital Black Sea base and has added Beluga whales and dolphins to its ranks deploying them in Arctic waters
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Two people missing on Titanic sub also went on failed mission to wreck last year
Two of the five people missing after the OceanGate Titan submersible lost contact on a dive to the Titanic were on board another failed mission last year which also lost contact
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Titanic submarine has until 11am Thursday before oxygen runs out say Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard held a press conference as the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible continues after it lost contact off the coast of Newfoundland on a dive to the Titanic wreck
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Billionaire Brit explorer missing after Titanic tourist sub lost with 5 onboard
A search and rescue operation is under way after a submersible used to take tourists to visit the Titanic wreckage went missing in the Atlantic Ocean - British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, who flew into space on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Rocket, is among the missing
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King's Birthday Honours list in full from unsung heroes to TV legends
King Charles's list ranges from a grieving mother who turned a tragedy into a charity honouring their legacy, a 106-year-old fundraising through exercise, and those aiding Ukrainian refugees
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Bigger flypast planned for Trooping the Colour after Coronation display cut back
Around 70 aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force will take part in a flypast for Trooping the Colour on Saturday to mark King Charles' birthday
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Soldier sues for £13million 'after being shoved off 20ft balcony on boozy night'
Lucca Brunozzi, 22, a former soldier, is suing the Ministry of Defence for £13 million over an alleged drinking culture which led to him suffering horrific head and back injuries
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Ministry of Defence demands cash back from troubled veterans' charity
The British Nuclear Test Veterans Association says it has recovered from being "effectively insolvent" and insists it is still "financially viable"