# Government must go ‘further and faster’ to prepare for war within 1,000 days, peers warn

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/government-must-go-further-and-faster-to-prepare-for-war-within-1000-days-peers-warn/
- Published: 2026-11-11T02:07:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T02:19:22+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/government-prepare-for-war-within-1000-days-defence
- Topics: Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Peers urge faster defence procurement and readiness.
- They say current rules slow innovation without clearly reducing waste.
- The committee wants closer government-industry work and more SME support.

## Summary

Peers say the Government must speed up preparations for possible conflict, warning that current defence procurement rules and its relationship with industry are too slow to keep pace with new technology. Their report argues that reform is needed to help protect the UK within the 1,000-day readiness target and to support the Government’s stated aim of being ready for conflict by 2030.

The Lords Industry and Regulators Committee wants the Ministry of Defence to reduce overly prescriptive requirements, accept more flexibility and learn from failed projects, while giving small and medium-sized firms more support. It says red tape has slowed procurement without clearly reducing waste, and urges the Government to use the 1 December Defence Investment Summit to give businesses greater certainty. The warning comes as Labour faces questions over how it will fund its defence spending ambitions, including a target of 3 per cent of GDP by 2030.

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