The Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP yesterday made a written statement to the House of Commons, explaining that the Ministry of Defence had seen another data loss - this time of 1.7 million potential Armed Forces recruits.

The Deputy PM's statement, while standing in for David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions, could lead to renewed legal claims against the Government and armed forces.

[check against delivery] Overnight, the news came through that as well as continuing conflict in the Lebanon, Britain’s Armed Forces suffered losses in Iraq and Afghanistan. It brings home yet again the extraordinary courage and commitment of our armed forces who risk their lives and in some cases tragically lose them, defending our country’s security and that of the wi...

A bereaved mother waved a photo of her dead son as she challenged Bill Rammell, the Armed Forces Minister, to raise pay for soldiers in Afghanistan.

The idea troops in Afghanistan are not properly equipped is "a million miles from the truth", says the armed forces minister.

Over the last three years, there has been a four-fold increase in the number of people joining the British Armed Forces from the Irish Republic. The only reason why there aren't even more is revulsion at the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Incidentally, if the war in Afghanistan is because of an attack on New York, then why aren't the Irish Republic's own Armed Forces fighting it? This has nothing ...

Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy MP will call on the Government today to think again over their plans to permanently change Armed Forces pensions uprating from RPI to CPI in the Second Reading debate on the Armed Forces Bill.

The Telegraph understands that senior military commanders are privately pleased at Defence Secretary Liam Fox's letter to the Prime Minister warning against cuts in the Armed Forces.

A bereaved mother waved a photo of her dead son as she challenged Bill Rammell, the Armed Forces Minister, to raise pay for soldiers in Afghanistan.

Gordon Brown the Prime Minister insisted UK forces had enough soldiers in Afghanistan but sidestepped questions about whether military chiefs asked for 2000 more.