Ben Wallace

Former Royal Air Force Station, RAF Linton-on-Ouse is pictured in the village of Linton-on-Ouse, near York.

Home Office spent £3 million on scrapped plan for Linton-on-Ouse

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps arrives at Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

What makes Grant Shapps the right fit as Defence Secretary? - YP Letters

Grant Shapps leaves Downing Street after being appointed Defence Secretary in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's mini-reshuffle, which was prompted by Ben Wallace's formal resignation. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Cabinet reshuffle leaves question marks over key departments - The YP says

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace during a visit to a British Army military base in the South West, to view Ukrainian soldiers training on Challenger II tanks. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Ben Wallace’s departure is a result of NATO’s utter impotence - Patrick Mercer

Ben Wallace will step down from his role at the next cabinet reshuffle

Full list of Tory MPs stepping down ahead of next general election

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images.

Yorkshire keeps close eye on High Court's asylum centre judgement - The YP says

Campaigners outside Linton-on-Ouse Village Hall

How Yorkshire community took on Government asylum seeker plan - and won

Undated handout photo issued by Bibby Marine Ltd of the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge, a 222 bedroom, three-storey vessel, which can house up to 506 people. The Home Office has confirmed it has leased a barge to accommodate around 500 migrants in Portland, Dorset. Issue date: Wednesday April 5, 2023.

Asylum processing centres could cause humanitarian crisis, campaigners warn

A paramedic checks up on a wounded Ukrainian soldier's medication while on a medical evacuation bus on February 21, 2023 in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. PIC: John Moore/Getty Images

We must continue to stand with the Ukrainian people - The Yorkshire Post says

Defence Minister Ben Wallace swears live on BBC Breakfast

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey

Yorkshire MoD accomodation attacked by Labour as unfit for serving personnel

King Charles III during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

King Charles leads particularly poignant Remembrance Sunday service: The YP says

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reportedly considering capping public sector pay rises at 2 per cent (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

A pay freeze for public sector workers is under consideration

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, leaves Downing Street, Westminster, London, after the first Cabinet meeting with Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. Picture date: Wednesday October 26, 2022.

Halloween mini-budget delayed by two weeks, Number 10 says

Rishi Sunak poses after taking office outside Number 10

Mr Sunak kept several of Liz Truss’ closest allies in his top team

Rishi Sunak is congratulated as he arrives at Conservative party HQ in Westminster, London, after it was announced he will become the new leader of the Conservative party after rival Penny Mordaunt dropped out.

Who could be in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet - including Penny Mordaunt

BEN WALLACE

Russian missile fired near Lincolnshire-based RAF spycraft over Black Sea

Prime Minister Boris Johnson reads a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, formally resigning as Conservative Party leader after ministers and MPs made clear his position was untenable. He will remain as Prime Minister until a successor is in place. Picture date: Thursday July 7, 2022.

Boris Johnson flying back to the UK to run for leader, ally says

Former Royal Air Force Station, RAF Linton-on-Ouse is pictured in the village of Linton-on-Ouse, near York in northern England Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP

Council leader calls for 'proper' consultation on future of ex-RAF base
A council leader has called for “proper” consultation on the future of an ex RAF base after the Home Office confirmed it won’t be used as a Greek-style asylum seeker processing centre.

The former RAF base was withdrawn by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace earlier this month after months of legal wranglings over the proposed opening of a processing centre which could have housed up to 1,500 lone men in North Yorkshire.

Linton-on-Ouse: Asylum charities demand Government drop Greek-style centres

Residents protest against the plans to open an asylum seeker centre in Linton-on-Ouse.

How the Home Office got it so wrong with Linton-on-Ouse plans - David Behrens

Following a four month battle from campaigners including the threat of legal action from Hambleton District Council, Ben Wallace announced this week he had withdrawn the offer of the site to the Home Office.

Future of ex RAF base uncertain after asylum seeker centre u-turn

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace withdrew the site from the Home Office earlier this week after a four month battle from campaigners to stop the centre, which would have housed up to 1500 lone men while their claims were processed, from opening.

Refugee campaigner calls u-turn on asylum seeker centre an "embarrassment"

The Linton Action Group, which is formed of villagers united against the proposals, said yesterday the plans had been a “waste of time, money and angst.”

Campaigners joy as asylum seeker centre is scrapped while Whitehall row brews

Campaigners against the proposed asylum seeker centre at the former RAF base.

Welcome end to Linton-on-Ouse asylum seekers plan - The Yorkshire Post says

Some 1500 asylum seekers were set to be housed in the former RAF base at Linton on Ouse amid massive opposition from residents and local politicians.

Planned asylum seeker centre in Linton on Ouse scrapped

Boris Johnson has announced that he will resign as Prime Minister following more than 50 resignations from his Government in the last two days.

Who could replace Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister?

This was Defence Secretary Ben Wallace briefing MPs on Wednesday on the Ukraine crisis.

Ukraine; How Ben Wallace is leading from the front – Tom Richmond

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown around the Royal Tank Regiment Battlegroup by Lt Colonel Simon Worth (left) after a press conference at the Tapa Army Base in Tallinn, Estonia, but should the Government be reversing Army cuts?

Ukraine: Time for Army cuts to be reversed by Britain – Joseph Silke

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has given an update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia 'will indiscriminately carpet bomb cities in Ukraine', Ben Wallace warns
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned that Russia would use indiscriminate carpet bombing tactics against Ukrainian cities.

Shadow defence secretary John Healey

Yorkshire MP meets with Ukrainian officials to discuss threat of invasion

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has urged MPs to speak to their local councils about housing more refugees from Afghanistan.

Councils must do more to house Afghan refugees, Ben Wallace demands

Troops to be deployed in London to help NHS amid staff shortages (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Troops to be deployed in London to help NHS amid staff shortages

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is set to meet Army leaders to address concerns around bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination in the British military. In a statement, the Army said it was working with the Defence Secretary to “drive out unacceptable behaviour at all levels”.

Armed forces must root out cases of harassment and discrimination - Greg Wright

The government confirmed it was putting troops on standby earlier this week (Photo: Getty Images)

Military drivers to deliver fuel from Monday amid warnings that crisis ‘getting ...

Army tanker drivers 'stand ready' to deliver fuel amid supply crisis

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Final British flight from Afghanistan returns to UK - as Defence Secretary pays ...

Handout photo dated 20/08/21 issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of members of the British (left) and US military engaged in the evacuation of people out of Kabul, Afghanistan.

What is Dominic Raab’s Afghanistan strategy? He should tell us – The Yorkshire P...

Mr Raab was on holiday on the Greek island of Crete when the request to make the urgent phone call was made (Photo: Getty Images)

Foreign Office admits crucial call to help Afghan interpreters was not made

A Taliban fighter sits on the back of vehicle with a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. The U.S. military has taken over Afghanistan's airspace as it struggles to manage a chaotic evacuation after the Taliban rolled into the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul).

Afghanistan and Defence Secretary’s pain as Taliban seize control – The Yorkshir...

The first flight of evacuated personnel arriving at RAF Brize Norton in the UK

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says 'some people won't get back' from Afghanistan

The documents are said to contain details about HMS Defender and the military (Photo: Getty Images)

Sensitive Ministry of Defence documents found by member of public at a bus stop

Four Afghan families will be housed in Harrogate borough

Afghan families who worked for British military to be resettled in Harrogate

A rose growing between the headstones at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Wytschaete Military Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Government must commit to memorial naming WWI's ‘Unremembered’: The YP says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to speak to EU leaders this week regarding proposals to ban the export of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines to the UK (Photo: Andrew Parsons-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson to call EU leaders in attempt to stop potential Covid vaccine expo...

Captain Sir Tom Moore. PIC: PA

Second World War-era plane in flypast for Captain Sir Tom Moore's funeral

Army Foundation College in Harrogate in August 2020. Picture: James Hardisty.

'Coronavirus outbreak at Army college in Yorkshire with more than 100 cases'

Schools will be expected to carry out mass testing, supported by the military (Picture: Getty)

The military is to support mass testing in schools - here's how it will work

Parliament has continued sitting this week during the party conference season.

We need a full-time Parliament; this week proves it – Tom Richmond

Kuno (PA/Wire)

Retired military dog honoured with medal after tackling al Qaida gunman

Citriodiol is found in many insect repellents (Photo: Shutterstock)

The Ministry of Defence says that an ingredient found in insect repellent can pr...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace alongside Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak meet soldiers during a visit to Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire, following the announcement that more than 5,000 military personnel and their families will have their homes modernised. Pic: Peter Byrne: PA

Thousands of military homes to be modernised with £200m funding boost

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. Photo: PA

Free childcare for Yorkshire service personnel to be introduced

Children prepare their own Armed Forces Day by dressing up as the Red Arrows on Scarborough's beach. Photo: Tony Bartholomew.

Armed Forces Day; why military matter so much to us – The Yorkshire Post says

Captain Tom Moore

Now its Colonel Tom Moore, as Queen approves promotion on his 100th birthday

One of the Puma helicopters based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland. Credit: Ministry of Defence

Military helicopters in Yorkshire on standby to support coronavirus effort

David Davis MP in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

David Davis: 'Bring back Isis fighters to stop future generation of terrorists'