The Chancellor and the Prime Minister understand the Army is "in urgent need of recapitalisation" and "there is a budget coming", defence minister James Heappey has said.Mr Heappey's comments came after the Conservative chairman of the Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood, pressed him on the state of the Army.

The Chancellor and the Prime Minister understand the Army is "in urgent need of recapitalisation" and "there is a budget coming", defence minister James Heappey has said.Mr Heappey's comments came after the Conservative chairman of the Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood, pressed him on the state of the Army.