Former: United Kingdom Defence Secretary | Energy and Net Zero Secretary | Business Secretary | Home Secretary | Transport Secretary
Joined March 2008
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Credit to the Royal Marines and Royal Navy for intercepting the Smyrtos.
Russia's shadow fleet has become a key tool for evading sanctions and funding Putin's war. As the threat has grown, so has the case for direct action.
Sanctions only work when they're enforced.
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I spent a great evening with the Hertsmere, and @BarnetCamdenYC’s the other week at their joint social. Their energy, questions and ideas were a reminder of why I got into politics in the first place. The future of this party is in good hands!
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Today marks a truly grim milestone: the war in Ukraine has now lasted longer than the First World War.
Whoever takes over at the Ministry of Defence, I hope they are as committed to Ukraine's victory as Ben Wallace, John Healey and I were during our time as Defence Secretaries.
Defence Secretaries come and go. Our commitment to Ukraine's victory must not.
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Brilliant to see the Bolingbroke cohort graduate from the CTog Fellowship on Saturday. I couldn’t be prouder of each and every one of them. Congratulations - you’ve earned it!
Congratulations to our Bolingbroke cohort on completing the CTog Fellowship programme!
Saturday's Graduation marked the end of an intensive journey - and the start of something bigger. This group of candidates is ready. Watch this space.
#CTog #PoweringTheParty
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Great to be at Bushey Conservative Club this week.
Good beer, better company, and a clear message from Hertfordshire: the renewal is working and the comeback is happening.
Now on to the by-elections in Hemel and Hertsmere. Two chances to take seats from the Lib Dems.
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Terrible news from Devon. My heart goes out to the families of the three Royal Navy personnel who lost their lives today - a devastating loss for the naval and wider armed forces community.
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Russia says its “strike objectives” were achieved.
In Kyiv and Dnipro, at least 13 people are dead. Apartment blocks torn open, children injured and families searching rubble.
That is Putin’s war: not conquest, not strategy, but the deliberate normalisation of terror.
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The first civilians injured by Russian weapons on NATO soil in the alliance's 76-year history. If that threshold doesn't force real consequences for Moscow and a rethink of our entire posture toward this war - what will?
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Over a million young people are now out of work, education or training, the highest in 12 years.
You cannot tax jobs into existence. Yet this government is piling costs onto employers, driving wealth creators abroad and making Britain less attractive to invest, hire and grow.
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86 years ago Operation Dynamo was underway. 338,000 Allied soldiers pulled from the jaws of defeat at Dunkirk. Europe's freedom has never been free - it's been fought for, bled for, and defended.
As Russian drones rain down on Ukraine, some things don't change. Neither should our resolve.
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Russia fired its Oreshnik hypersonic missile at Ukraine last night - the third time ever.
Each one costs an estimated $30–50 million. The stockpile: a few dozen at most.
Target? A market and an opera house in Kyiv.
Putin is spending irreplaceable, strategic weapons on civilian terror. That's the act of a man losing this war.
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The future of transport is British - and it's already here. Great to experience @Wayve_AI on the road. Autonomous vehicles aren't coming. They've arrived.
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First the Energy Secretary blocks North Sea investment. Now they're having a carve-out for Russian crude.
The UK needs its own energy, not excuses to allow Putin’s oil to flow.
More in The @Independent today: independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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Over 100 Fellows and counting. I'm delighted to welcome the Pitt cohort to the @ConsrvTogethr Fellowship after their initial training day on Saturday. Exciting times ahead for this group.
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Putin said the war was nearly over.
Since then: 1,500 drones. 12 dead. Dozens wounded. The LARGEST attack of the entire war.
This is what Putin's 'peace' looks like. Don't listen to what he says. Watch what he does.
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While Trump and Xi meet, Russia is launching 670 drones and missiles at Ukrainian civilians. This summit should be used to tell Putin: enough is enough!
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35,000 Russian casualties a month - exceeding their own recruitment rate.
No wonder Putin's suddenly keen on peace.
But it ends on Ukraine's terms. Not his.
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The forgotten victims of Russia's war: 20,000 Ukrainian children stolen from their parents. Identities erased. Some forced into its own army.
These aren't statistics. They are somebody's son. Somebody's daughter.
Any peace that ignores them is no peace.
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