Britain’s military not prepared for an all-out war, MPs warn

The UK’s military is not sufficiently prepared to fight an all-out war, despite such readiness being a vital deterrent to Britain’s adversaries at a time of worsening global instability, MPs have warned.

Britain’s military will remain ill-prepared unless the government addresses stockpile shortages and the recruitment crisis currently hampering the armed forces, according to a new report by the House of Commons defence committee.

The military is “consistently overstretched”, with the “unrelenting pressure” on personnel