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| Defence review: 'Strike brigades' to be created by 2025 | Defence review: 'Strike brigades' to be created by 2025 |
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| Two 5,000-strong "strike brigades" that can be rapidly deployed are to be created by 2025 to help the UK respond to "diverse" threats, the PM is to say. | Two 5,000-strong "strike brigades" that can be rapidly deployed are to be created by 2025 to help the UK respond to "diverse" threats, the PM is to say. |
| David Cameron will give details of an additional £12bn of equipment spending, as he outlines the Strategic Defence and Security Review in the Commons. | David Cameron will give details of an additional £12bn of equipment spending, as he outlines the Strategic Defence and Security Review in the Commons. |
| The extra spending will include a new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft. | The extra spending will include a new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft. |
| He will say the priority is to tackle state-based threats and terrorism, including so-called Islamic State (IS). | He will say the priority is to tackle state-based threats and terrorism, including so-called Islamic State (IS). |
| It comes after the prime minister held talks with French President Francois Hollande following the 13 November attacks in Paris, claimed by IS, which left 130 people dead. | |
| Mr Cameron is preparing to make the case to MPs in the coming week for extending air strikes against IS targets from Iraq into Syria. | Mr Cameron is preparing to make the case to MPs in the coming week for extending air strikes against IS targets from Iraq into Syria. |
| In Monday's SDSR, Mr Cameron will announce: | In Monday's SDSR, Mr Cameron will announce: |
| At-a-glance: Read more about the main announcements of the SDSR | At-a-glance: Read more about the main announcements of the SDSR |
| Defence review: Latest updates | Defence review: Latest updates |
| BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said in order to fund the new equipment there was also likely to be some bad news. | BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said in order to fund the new equipment there was also likely to be some bad news. |
| "That is likely to be cuts to some of the backroom staff and potentially reductions to the incremental pay increases which many in the military currently enjoy," she said. | "That is likely to be cuts to some of the backroom staff and potentially reductions to the incremental pay increases which many in the military currently enjoy," she said. |
| The Rail, Maritime and Transport union, which represents the civilian-manned Royal Fleet Auxiliary, said it would fight any programme of cuts or privatisation that might affect the service - which gives operational support to the Royal Navy. | The Rail, Maritime and Transport union, which represents the civilian-manned Royal Fleet Auxiliary, said it would fight any programme of cuts or privatisation that might affect the service - which gives operational support to the Royal Navy. |
| The Navy had hoped for 13 of the new Type 26 warships, but the initial order is expected to be lower. | The Navy had hoped for 13 of the new Type 26 warships, but the initial order is expected to be lower. |
| Writing in the SDSR's foreword, Mr Cameron said over the course of this Parliament "our priorities are to deter state-based threats, tackle terrorism, remain a world leader in cyber-security and ensure we have the capability to respond rapidly to crises as they emerge". | Writing in the SDSR's foreword, Mr Cameron said over the course of this Parliament "our priorities are to deter state-based threats, tackle terrorism, remain a world leader in cyber-security and ensure we have the capability to respond rapidly to crises as they emerge". |
| In the 2010 defence review, spending was cut by 8%, with Harrier jump jets, the HMS Ark Royal, planned Nimrod spy planes and thousands of jobs axed. | In the 2010 defence review, spending was cut by 8%, with Harrier jump jets, the HMS Ark Royal, planned Nimrod spy planes and thousands of jobs axed. |
| Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC that "painful decisions" had been made five years ago when the defence budget was "in a mess". | Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC that "painful decisions" had been made five years ago when the defence budget was "in a mess". |
| He added: "We're faced with a threat we didn't see five years ago so we have to gear up and make sure that our armed forces haves the equipment and configuration that they need." | He added: "We're faced with a threat we didn't see five years ago so we have to gear up and make sure that our armed forces haves the equipment and configuration that they need." |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor | By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor |
| The extra £12bn going to the Ministry of Defence of course comes at a cost to other departments. | The extra £12bn going to the Ministry of Defence of course comes at a cost to other departments. |
| Every penny that goes there has to come from somewhere else, and the depth of the cuts elsewhere will be revealed by George Osborne on Wednesday. | Every penny that goes there has to come from somewhere else, and the depth of the cuts elsewhere will be revealed by George Osborne on Wednesday. |
| Welfare, the police, and support for business are all likely to be hit. | Welfare, the police, and support for business are all likely to be hit. |
| And although political sentiment is shifting in the government's favour on Syria, there are very big questions that it might be impossible for the prime minister to answer in a week. | And although political sentiment is shifting in the government's favour on Syria, there are very big questions that it might be impossible for the prime minister to answer in a week. |
| Hardest perhaps, what ground forces exist in Syria to take and hold land where IS is destroyed? Billions of pounds of new British military kit can't answer that. | Hardest perhaps, what ground forces exist in Syria to take and hold land where IS is destroyed? Billions of pounds of new British military kit can't answer that. |
| Review heralds 'a new assertiveness' | Review heralds 'a new assertiveness' |
| What will be in the defence review? | What will be in the defence review? |
| Chancellor George Osborne has already said the purchase of new fighter jets will be accelerated, making 24 F35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft available on the UK's two new aircraft carriers by 2023, rather than the previously planned eight. | Chancellor George Osborne has already said the purchase of new fighter jets will be accelerated, making 24 F35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft available on the UK's two new aircraft carriers by 2023, rather than the previously planned eight. |
| The nine Boeing P8 sea patrol aircraft will be based at RAF Lossiemouth and used for maritime surveillance, anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare. | The nine Boeing P8 sea patrol aircraft will be based at RAF Lossiemouth and used for maritime surveillance, anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare. |
| On Sunday, it emerged that Canadian and French maritime patrol aircraft had been assisting the Royal Navy after reports a Russian submarine had been spotted off the north of Scotland. | On Sunday, it emerged that Canadian and French maritime patrol aircraft had been assisting the Royal Navy after reports a Russian submarine had been spotted off the north of Scotland. |
| Mr Fallon defended the previous coalition government's decision to scrap the planned Nimrod fleet, saying: "It wasn't ready, that was the problem. We didn't dispense with it - it wasn't there." | Mr Fallon defended the previous coalition government's decision to scrap the planned Nimrod fleet, saying: "It wasn't ready, that was the problem. We didn't dispense with it - it wasn't there." |
| Shadow defence minister Maria Eagle said she was glad to see the government was going to "put straight the botched decisions made five years ago" and make sure the UK was able to patrol its own seas. | Shadow defence minister Maria Eagle said she was glad to see the government was going to "put straight the botched decisions made five years ago" and make sure the UK was able to patrol its own seas. |
| What is the Strategic Defence and Security Review? | What is the Strategic Defence and Security Review? |
| Source: House of Commons introduction to 2015 SDSR | Source: House of Commons introduction to 2015 SDSR |
| Mr Osborne pledged in his summer Budget to meet Nato's target of spending 2% of national income on defence every year, up to 2020. That means spending on defence will rise in real terms - 0.5% above inflation - every year during the current Parliament. | Mr Osborne pledged in his summer Budget to meet Nato's target of spending 2% of national income on defence every year, up to 2020. That means spending on defence will rise in real terms - 0.5% above inflation - every year during the current Parliament. |
| Meanwhile, the chancellor has refused to rule out cuts to the number of front-line police officers, but says Wednesday's Spending Review will see a 30% increase in the counter-terrorism budget. | Meanwhile, the chancellor has refused to rule out cuts to the number of front-line police officers, but says Wednesday's Spending Review will see a 30% increase in the counter-terrorism budget. |