Ex-armed forces chief Sir Jock Stirrup has said defence bosses' plans to cut costs were vetoed by Labour ministers.

Former Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Jock Stirrup says resources for troops in Afghanistan suffered because the US was only focused on Iraq.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the outgoing head of the Armed Forces, is to become a lifetime peer.

Chief of Defence Staff, Sir Jock Stirrup, has said cutting aircraft types is unfortunate but necessary.

Saving money on nuclear deterrent makes 'no strategic sense at all', says Sir Jock Stirrup

General Sir David Richards, the head of the Army, is to be the new Chief of the Defence Staff, taking over from Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the Ministry of Defence has announced

Benedict Brogan, who is extremely well sourced inside Number 10, has a very interesting report on three potential problems that Downing Street is keeping a close eye on. The first is the Cameron Fox relationship. As James Kirkup writes in the Telegraph today, Cameron was not best pleased when Fox announced Sir Jock Stirrup’s sacking in a newspaper interview. There’s a feeling amon...

The sacking of Britain's senior military chief has sparked tensions between David Cameron and the Defence Secretary, say insiders.

Sir Jock Stirrup’s early departure was one of the worst kept secrets in Westminster. But the ‘resignation’ could have been better handled. The coalition has created a lame duck in Stirrup. And, rightly, Con Coughlin asks why Stirrup is overseeing the strategic defence review if he was sufficiently inept as CDS? It makes no sense, as removing Stirrup and Sir Bill Jeffrey (the MoD&...

Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock set to leave as the government seeks to "draw line" under past failures in Afghanistan.