British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden faced backlash for appearing to laugh during Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks about the war between Israel and Hamas.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps declared that the world was in a “pre-war” phase in warnings of a looming global conflict, declaring the “era of the peace dividend is over.” In a video uploaded to X, ...

Britain's Defence Secretary Grant Shapps gives a speech at Lancaster House in London LONDON (Reuters) - British defence minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday he was very concerned about a recent ...

LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - British defence minister Grant Shapps said he was pretty confident that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would address the future of the HS2 high speed rail line when he makes his ...

In remarks that mirror the raging debate in the U.S., British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has declared war on “divisive woke culture” and “leftist thinking” that he says has infiltrated the British ...

The defence secretary promised in a speech last Monday that the UK would increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as possible”. But, during his Sunday interview with Phillips, Shapps was ...

Grant Shapps has risked inflaming tensions with Britain’s most important ally, saying the US only does the right thing after “they have exhausted all other options”. The defence secretary aimed the ...

Former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the decision to keep secret a data breach involving the details of thousands of Afghans and some British officials. In his first interview since it ...

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - British defence minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday he was very concerned about a recent strengthening of diplomatic relations between China's Xi Jinping and Russia's ...