Announced yesterday on the MoD website, the first batch of Panther Command and Liaison Vehicles has been delivered to troops in Afghanistan, "complete with the latest battle-ready upgrades." Behind the bland covering story, however, lies a tale of utter incompetence, deception and bad faith which, even by MoD standards, almost beggars description. Not least, this vehicle was actually selected afte...

MoD bureaucrats and Labour ministers forced troops to "muddle through" with inadequate plans, the former head of the Army says.

David Miliband the Foreign Secretary has insisted that troops fighting in Afghanistan are engaged in a battle for "the future of Britain" after eight troops were killed in 24 hours.

PREPARING for the aftermath of conflict is essential in planning for future overseas military operations involving British troops, MPs warned.

About 8,000 British troops based in Afghanistan are to come under the operational command of the US, the MoD says.

A long-awaited financing plan for the EU's Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) is now expected to emerge from the European Commission in the autumn.

British troops are at risk from defective bullets and explosives they have been supplied with to fight the war in Afghanistan, a Ministry of Defence report has warned.

Staff cuts at the MoD will help to fund a pay rise for junior Forces personnel, say the Liberal Democrats.

Ian Pearson, who spent 16 years predicting future technology trends for BT, is to address delegates at Ordnance Survey's Terra future conference in London later this month.

British troops seriously injured in operations are to have their compensation payments doubled as part of a new package of welfare measures which will be published today.