Research Briefing
Defence Command Paper 2021: Equipment cuts
What equipment will be cut from the UK armed forces in the 2020s?
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: emerging defence technologies
The Government's Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper both placed an emphasis on new and emerging technologies, what have been referred to as "sunrise" capabilities. But will they come at the expense of more traditional warfighting capability?
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Research Briefing
Housing options for serving and ex-military personnel
This paper outlines the housing options open to serving and ex-military personnel, it does not cover service accommodation provided by the Ministry of Defence.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021
This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, and the subsequent Defence Command Paper, which were both published in March 2021.
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Research Briefing
Global Britain and the Integrated Review in Parliament
This paper provides links to Parliamentary activity on the topic of Global Britain and the Integrated Review. This includes ministerial statements and speeches, debates, select committee reports and Commons and Lords Library briefings.
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Insight
UK Army to be reduced to 72,500
The existing target of 82,000 personnel, set in 2015, has been scrapped.
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Research Briefing
Defence Command Paper 2021: Summary
This paper summarises the key points of the Defence Command Paper 'Defence in a Competitive Age'.
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Research Briefing
Nuclear weapons at a glance: United Kingdom
This paper briefly examines the UK's nuclear weapons policies, capabilities and programmes. It is one paper in a larger series on the nuclear weapon states.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: Increasing the cap on the UK’s nuclear stockpile
One of the dominant headlines of the Government's Integrated Review: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, was the decision to raise the cap on the UK's nuclear stockpile, for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: Summary
The Government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, on 16 March 2021. Billed as the biggest review of the UK's defence and security since the end of the Cold War, it sets out the UK's approach to the expected challenges of the next decade.
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Research Briefing
The Pupil Premium
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper provides an overview of policy on the Pupil Premium since its introduction in 2011, including funding levels, eligibility criteria, and accountability.
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Insight
Armed Forces pay rise “paused” for 2021/22
Pay was increased by 2.0 per cent in 2020/21, but pay rises will be "paused" for 2021/22.
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Research Briefing
UK Defence Personnel Statistics
This note provides details on how UK military service personnel statistics are measured and discusses current and historic strength levels. The Army, Naval and RAF Services are examined, as well as the reserve elements of these services. Statistics on the diversity of the military, inflow and outflow rates, and surplus/deficits of strength against targets are discussed. Detailed tables and charts are available in the downloadable PDF.
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Research Briefing
The Service complaints system
The Ministry of Defence is reforming the service complaints system. This Commons Library paper explains the evolution of the system, the role of the Ombudsman, criticism and proposed reforms of the system.
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Research Briefing
Replacing the UK’s nuclear deterrent: the long-awaited warhead decision
In February 2020 the Government confirmed the existence of a replacement warhead programme for its nuclear deterrent. A decision on replacement has been long-awaited, with work on possible options underway since 2006.
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