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Des Browne

April 2024

  • Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill<br>The vote is read out in the House of Commons, London as MPs have voted 306 to 229, majority 77, to reject Lords Amendment 3G to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, aimed at ensuring Rwanda could not be treated as safe unless it was deemed so by an independent monitoring body. Picture date: Monday April 22, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story Politics Rwanda. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Rwanda bill clears parliament after peers abandon final battle over safety amendment – as it happened

    Bill could become law this week as end of parliamentary ping-pong in sight

November 2015

  • David Cameron has put the replacement of Trident at the heart of his defence review.

    Trident could be vulnerable to cyber-attack, former defence secretary says

    Des Browne says there can be no guarantee that UK will have a reliable nuclear deterrent unless it can be wholly protected from cyber-attacks

February 2011

  • nuclear submarine HMS Vengeance

    Coalition split on post-Trident nuclear deterrent

    Lib Dem armed forces minister criticises defence secretary Liam Fox's assumption of like-for-like replacement

28 May 2010

  • John Prescott campaigning in Glenrothes byelection

    John Prescott, Labour's scourge of class privilege, to take seat in House of Lords

    Dissolution honours list names 29 Labour peers with Sir Ian Blair, Michael Howard and Ian Paisley among other appointments
  • john Prescott

    John Prescott named peer in dissolution honours list

    Former deputy PM one of more than 50 people being ennobled in list that sees peerages being given to several former Labour cabinet ministers
  • Michael Howard, the former Tory leader.

    At a glance: Dissolution honours

    John Prescott, Michael Howard and Ian Paisley among new names in House of Lords

January 2010

  • Des Browne and John Hutton give evidence at the Iraq inquiry

    Iraq inquiry hears lack of vital equipment hurt British army operations

    Former defence chiefs John Hutton and Des Browne criticise MoD procurement while giving evidence at Chilcot inquiry

  • Politics blog
    Des Browne and John Hutton at the Iraq war inquiry - live

    Live coverage as two former defence secretaries appear before Sir John Chilcot's panel

  • We stand by Chinook inquiry findings

    Letters: There was no evidence of technical failure which would have been a factor in the crash

November 2009

  • Des Browne to quit the Commons

    Ex-defence secretary Des Browne to quit at election

  • Nato commander wants UK troops 'out of harm's way' for general election

September 2009

  • Nuclear-free world ultimate aim of new cross-party pressure group

    Ex-ministers and former generals join forces to rally European support for multilateral nuclear disarmament

August 2009

  • Afghanistan could take 40 years, says new army chief

    General Sir David Richards says UK involvement will last decades

July 2009

  • Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe’s widow, Sally, at his funeral

    Straight backs and stiff salutes at funeral of Colonel Rupert Thorneloe

    A man who 'was at the leading edge of his generation' and who 'made the extraordinary ordinary'

February 2009

  • Martin Kettle

    Des Browne and Labour's envoyeurism

    Martin Kettle

    Martin Kettle: Sri Lanka wasn't very happy about his appointment as special envoy, but it casts light on a curious government phenomenon

  • Sri Lanka accuses Britain of meddling in internal affairs

    Colombo warns of repercussions for diplomatic relations after Des Browne is appointed special envoy
  • Des Browne

    Des Browne named as Sri Lanka envoy

    Former UK defence chief to head peace mission and coordinate humanitarian work in Sri Lanka

October 2008

  • Defence secretary Des Browne speaks to troops at a dam reconstruction site in Helmand province, Afghanistan

    Profile: Des Browne

    Des Browne admitted soon after Labour lost its once impregnable seat in Glasgow East that his place in the cabinet was far from secure

September 2008

  • Defence: Nato must transform to beat Taliban - Browne

  • A Nimrod MR2

    Nimrod death families sue MoD for negligence

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