Dan Jarvis: “the suggestion that privacy and security are at odds is not correct; we can and must have both.”

My priority now is to make sure that our armed forces have the resources that they need to do a very difficult job of work that’s being asked of them.

That is the challenge that we have at a point of constrained fiscal resource, and I will be working with my colleagues across government to make sure that we're in a position to do that.

Europe does need to step up

Ultimately, the success of this defence investment plan will be measured by whether it commands the support of those amazing men and women who serve in our armed forces.