During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during the First World War, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three services that

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Chiefs of the Defence Staff
The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is the professional head of the British Armed Forces and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the

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Permanent Secretary and other senior officials The Ministers and Chiefs of the Defence Staff are supported by several civilian, scientific and professional military advisors. The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence (generally known as the

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The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015included £178 billion investment in new equipment and capabilities. The review set a defence

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The Ministry of Defence is one of the United Kingdom's largest landowners, owning 227,300 hectaresof land and foreshore (either freehold or leasehold) at April 2014, which was

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Fraud
The most notable fraud conviction has been that of Gordon Foxley, Director of Ammunition Procurement at the Ministry of Defence from 1981 to

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Governance
Defence is governed and managed by several committees.
• The Defence Councilprovides the formal legal basis for the conduct of defence in the UK through a range of powers vested in it by statute and Letters

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