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Why Investment in Defence, Aerospace and Security is Good for the Whole of the UK

Elizabeth Quintana

Chancellor Philip Hammond’s autumn budget statement has laid out the government’s determination to shield the national economy from the effects of Britain’s anticipated departure from the EU.

Donald Trump: A Dispassionate Look at his Military Plans

Elizabeth Quintana

Most of the initial comments about Donald Trump’s surprising electoral victory last week have been of the emotional kind. Here is a more dispassionate look at what his declared policies mean for the defence sector.

The Ministry of Defence’s Post-Brexit Spending Power: Assumptions, Numbers, Calculations and Implications

Since Britain’s EU referendum result, the pound has fallen against the US dollar by around 15 per cent. If this decline is sustained, the cost of Britain’s defence imports could increase by around £700 million per annum from 2018–19 – around 2 per cent of the total defence budget.