Almost 4,500 army personnel are being made redundant under plans announced by the Ministry of Defence. The redundancy letters, which have been distributed to those affected today, are part of the long-term programme to cut the number of regular soldiers from 102,000 to 82,000. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has demanded a "satisfactory explanation" following reve...
Philip Hammond has drawn comparisons between Afghanistan and Vietnam. In an interview...
Danny Alexander says the Treasury is now "around a third of the way" to meeting its £...
Further cuts to the Ministry of Defence’s budget could mean Britain’s capability will...
Julian Brazier admitted he was sad to see the military being downsized, but argued it was inevitable in the current economic climate. “Well, in the face of the wo...
Labour press release Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, responding to redundancy notices being delivered to members of the British Army today, said...
SNP press release The Scottish National Party is calling for the Ministry of Defence to confirm how many defence jobs it is cutting in Scotland as up to 5,000 UK ...
Quotes from SofS and CGS: Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, said: “Today we have announced the third tranche of redundancies as we restructure th...
Jim Murphy said the 715 compulsory redundancies in the armed forces announced today were a "kick in the teeth" for affected service personnel. “I think everyone k...
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