Johnson vows to ‘end era of retreat’ with biggest UK military investment since Cold War

The Prime Minister is expected to announce more money for the armed forces on Thursday (LPhot Phil Bloor/MOD/Crown Copyright)

Boris Johnson will “end the era of retreat” when he unveils what is being billed as the biggest programme of investment in Britain’s armed forces since the end of the Cold War.

The Birtish prime minister is set to lay out a four-year financial deal for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to “transform” the military, developing cutting-edge capabilities in the future battlefields of cyber and space.