UK forces facing a billion pounds more cuts
March 3rd, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANILondon, Mar.3 (ANI): The British armed forces are bracing themselves for further bruising defence cuts of up to a billion pounds.
Military chiefs have been warned that more battleships, warplanes and troops could be axed next month to save money, the Daily Express reports.
The Ministry of Defence is already under intense pressure to reverse cuts, including 17,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen as the crisis in the Middle East escalates.
But Defence Minister Lord Astor blew the lid off plans to make fresh reductions by telling peers the work was ‘ongoing’. (ANI)
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