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12/06/2014
Over One Thousand More Jobs To Be Cut In UK Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence Philip Hammond is to announce 1,060 armed forces cuts in its final round of reductions as part of the government's Strategic Defence and Security Review, known as Army 2020.
As result of the cuts 995 service personnel will leave the Army, 10 will go from the Royal Navy and 55 from the RAF.
The cuts come after the National Audit Office warned last Wednesday that plans to scale back the Army and increase reservists have “significant risks” to its operational abilities and was taken without “appropriate testing of feasibility”.
Moreover, the number of reservists expected to recruit is much lower than the expected.
Nearly three-quarters of the 12,000 service personnel have been made redundant since 2011.
(CVS)
As result of the cuts 995 service personnel will leave the Army, 10 will go from the Royal Navy and 55 from the RAF.
The cuts come after the National Audit Office warned last Wednesday that plans to scale back the Army and increase reservists have “significant risks” to its operational abilities and was taken without “appropriate testing of feasibility”.
Moreover, the number of reservists expected to recruit is much lower than the expected.
Nearly three-quarters of the 12,000 service personnel have been made redundant since 2011.
(CVS)
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