Tag: Michael Fallon

• Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 10:28 UTC

  Controversy in Westminster over the surface fleet and the Type 26 frigates

  

  British MP Julian Lewis, who chairs the Commons defense committee, claimed contractors BAE Systems were ready to start work on the multi-billion pound Ministry of Defense's new Type 26 frigates, known as global combat ships. The project has already been cut from 13 to eight new ships, while a target to start cutting steel in May has been delayed indefinitely.

• Thursday, July 14th 2016 - 03:54 UTC

  May pledges to work “for all not just the privileged few”; Johnson foreign secretary and Hammond chancellor

  

  New Prime Minister Theresa May has made Boris Johnson, the former London mayor who led the Brexit campaign, foreign secretary in her new government. He replaces Philip Hammond, who becomes chancellor and ex-Energy Secretary Amber Rudd is home secretary and Euro skeptic David Davis is the Brexit secretary. Ex-chancellor George Osborne was not included apparently because his “brand” was seen as “too tarnished”.

• Friday, July 1st 2016 - 10:07 UTC

  Theresa May stands out among Tory leader contenders; round of voting begins Tuesday

  

  Theresa May's bid to become Britain's Conservative leader has won the support of two more cabinet ministers and the Daily Mail. Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin now say they back the home secretary.

• Saturday, May 7th 2016 - 08:29 UTC

  Falklands' MPA infrastructure to be upgraded with a £55.7 million contract

  

  A £55.7 million contract to upgrade infrastructure at MPA, in the Falkland Islands was signed this week between Southampton based Trant Engineering Ltd and the UK Defense Infrastructure Organization (DIO).

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:56 UTC

  “Falklands remains well protected” says MoD brushing aside London media claims

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rubbished claims that the Falkland Islands have been left without protection, due to the absence of a British warship (frigate or destroyer) permanently based in the south Atlantic. The MoD defended itself following reports that the Falkland Islands were “without the protection of a British frigate or destroyer for the first time since the conflict in 1982”.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 07:36 UTC

  Fallon celebrates the Defense budget increase, 'for the first time in six years'

  

  United Kingdom Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said that April first marks the beginning of a new financial year, but above all a remarkable turnaround: “a major milestone for Defense with our budget increasing for the first time in six years in real terms”.

• Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 10:08 UTC

  Falklands: Malcorra confident 'there's a horizon of possibility for dialogue'

  

  Foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that analyzing the different scenarios in the UK regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute, “there is a horizon of possibility for Argentina to have a dialogue” on the issue.

• Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 07:27 UTC

  Fallon's Falklands visit caused 'concern' and displeasure

  

  The Argentine government expressed its 'concern' to the UK over Defense minister Michael Fallon's visit to the Falkland Islands where he spent time with the military at MPA and met with Falklands elected government authorities and members of the community, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, February 19th 2016 - 08:04 UTC

  Falklands' sovereignty issue “was settled more than thirty years ago”, says Fallon

  

  The Falkland Islands is one of Britain’s biggest military bases and as part of the UK was, “entitled to its cut of the defense budget,” Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon MP said on Tuesday as he visited the Falklands for the first time.

• Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 10:10 UTC

  British Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, visits the Falklands

  

  Michael Fallon, the British Defence Secretary, has become the first Defence Secretary to visit the Falkland Islands in 14 years. The House of Commons is currently in recess this week and the Defence Secretary’s visit directly follows the visit of four other British MPs to the Falklands.