Person: Armed Forces Minister

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British MPs quiz Fox on adviser controversy

The UK's Defence Secretary Liam Fox faces a grilling by MPs today over whether he has breached ministerial guidelines as more claims surfaced about his working relationship with a former flatmate.

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UK minister refuses to rule out ground troops for Libya

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'Hundreds of Iraqi abuse cased uninvestigated', claims lawyer

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Peace in North 'impossible without British Army'

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British Minister admits armed forces 'stretched' overseas

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NI: 1,500 jobs to be axed as army bases are closed

SF attacks soldiers' redundancy package

A £250m (€364.3m)-plus British government redundancy package for more than 3,000 soldiers in Northern Ireland should have been allocated to improving public services, a Sinn Féin MP claimed today.

Thu, 09 Mar, 2006

Royal Irish regiment awarded honour

The Royal Irish Regiment is being awarded a Battle Honour by the Queen of England for its service in Iraq, it was announced today.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2005

£200m (€296m) Irish Regiment pay-off demands

The British government tonight faced demands to agree a £200m (€296m) redundancy package for Royal Irish Regiment soldiers.

Wed, 21 Sep, 2005

Soldiers accused of abuses could be tried in Iraq

British soldiers accused of abuses against Iraqi civilians could face a military trial in Iraq in front of the families of their alleged victims, a senior Ministry of Defence (MOD) official said today.

Wed, 23 Jun, 2004

Army abuse pictures 'not taken in Iraq'

Daily Mirror photographs claiming to show abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers “were categorically not taken in Iraq”, Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram told MPs today.

Thu, 13 May, 2004

Kelly ‘named Campbell to two journalists’

A SECOND BBC journalist disclosed she was told by David Kelly that Alastair Campbell had been responsible for inserting the controversial ‘45 minute claim’ into the British government’s Iraq weapons dossier.

Wed, 13 Aug, 2003

Blair claims British soldiers were executed

TWO British soldiers whose bodies were shown on Iraq television “may well have been” executed, Downing Street insisted yesterday.

Sat, 29 Mar, 2003