Wes Streeting: “I would prefer the PM to take a decision on his own terms rather than leave it for me or Andy or anyone else to trigger…”

It is difficult and necessarily painstaking work, but it is necessary.

We cannot afford to make the cliched mistake of fighting the last war.

In the dangerous and turbulent world we find ourselves in, investment in defence is a price worth paying.

Things are moving at warp speed. We have to be ready for space at the next battleground, and we are.