Cameron and Neville-Jones unveil security policy findings

David Cameron and Dame Pauline Neville-Jones today unveiled a Conservative Party report on national and international security policy. The report An Unquiet World, launched at Chatham House, was the culmination of an 18-month policy review which concludes that in present circumstances Britain is ill-equipped to meet mounting security concerns.

Neville-Jones said that the army is 'overstretched' and can only deal with homeland security 'contingently'. This was resultant of the government 'naively underestimating the challenge of state-building in hostile environments'. In the speech she specifically pointed to Britain's involvement in Iraq.

To deal with terrorist attacks or environmental disasters such as the recent floods Dame Pauline recommended that Britain retain a dedicated homeland security force run by a permanent command headquarters that is separate from, but works in conjunction with, civil authorities.
David Cameron agreed with Dame Pauline that security was Britain's 'number one priority' and said that the 'hard-headed, gritty and practical report' stood in contrast to the 'half-baked plans' that the government had put forward.

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