
Our at-a-glance guide to the Conservative manifesto
After a positive pitch from Cameron that led on housing and employment, here is a fuller list of what the Tories are offering the public in May.
After a positive pitch from Cameron that led on housing and employment, here is a fuller list of what the Tories are offering the public in May.
We will increase the defence budget by more than inflation; not reduce the size of the regular armed forces further, and replace the four existing Vanguard submarines.
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We need three, if not four, new Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.
The two battered main parties would do well to speak honestly about the challenges and costs we face.