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Streeting calls UK-US ties the world’s closest alliance
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting described the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States as the closest alliance in the world at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. His remarks came after an investigation in which five people were detained near RAF Fairford and 85 households were evacuated.
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting described the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States as the closest alliance between two countries in the world at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Investigation near RAF Fairford
Streeting made the remarks after a suspected terrorist plot targeting RAF Fairford, an air base in Gloucestershire in southwest England. A major incident was declared on Sunday in a village near the base, which hosts United States Air Force operations.
Police detained five people as part of an investigation into suspected offences under the Explosive Substances Act. The operation led to the evacuation of 85 households.
The minister said he could not share details because the police investigation was ongoing. Praising the response by the United Kingdom’s security services, armed forces and police, Streeting said the United Kingdom and the United States would always stand together against those hostile to their freedoms and seeking to harm the two countries.
Contract for nuclear submarine facilities
Streeting also announced at the conference a £6 billion contract, worth approximately $8 billion, covering the construction of facilities for the United Kingdom’s nuclear submarines. He described the agreement as one of the biggest defence procurement decisions of a generation.
Streeting said it was neither economically nor morally defensible for the UK defence sector to employ thousands of workers from overseas while 1 million young people in the country were unemployed. Saying that the solution could not consist of words alone, the minister announced that a decision taken with the chancellor would keep the contract in the United Kingdom and support thousands of British jobs for years to come.
He said the project was linked to the United Kingdom’s deterrence capability through its nuclear submarines.
Rising defence spending
The UK Defence Secretary warned that increased defence spending would require difficult choices and trade-offs. His remarks came as debate continued over the impact of higher military spending on the UK economy and public services.
Streeting told critics on the right that it was not possible to make the country stronger by making its people poorer. He told some critics on the left that opposing investment in defence would not protect public services.
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