Spending on British soldiers’ bearskin Busby hats has rocketed by nearly 500% since 2008 – despite thousands of troops being axed. Seven years ago a Labour Defence Minister, Baroness Taylor ...

The British Army continues to attract strong interest from Commonwealth citizens, but recruitment for these applicants is ...

British army regiments that sport a royal crest on their berets are switching “cap badges” from a design featuring the St Edwards’ crown favoured by the late Queen Elizabeth to the Tudor ...

Ministers sent British troops into southern Afghanistan with such tough spending limits that they were only allowed enough manpower to fight one battle a month, senior commanders have revealed.

Soldiers in the British Army have been showing off their new beards for the first time after King Charles gave the green light to lift a 100-year ban on facial hair.

The British Army has around 71,300 soldiers, the fewest since the Napoleonic Wars, ... The KGA will also be the first British Army unit in fourteen years to receive a new cap badge, ...

For now, though, the British Army buys between 50 and 100 of the hats, which cost about $900 each, per year, according to the British high-society magazine, Tatler.