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22/01/2013
Third Round Of Military Cuts To Be Announced
In an effort to plug a £38bn hole in the defence budget, the Ministry of Defence is to announce a third round of Army redundancies.
It is expected that another 5,000 job loses will be made.
The fresh cuts follow cuts already announced by the government to reduce Army numbers from 102,000 to 82,000 by 2017.
Under the terms of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), announced in 2010, some 17,000 armed forces jobs are scheduled to go.
5,000 jobs will go from both the navy and the air force, 7,000 from the Army and around 25,000 civilian staff working at the MoD face redundancy.
In 2011 the government sought to put greater emphasis on military reserves, announcing a further reduction of 12,000 from the regular Army.
And last year the government announced that reservist numbers were to be doubled to 30,000 by 2018, taking on an "integral" role, to help fill the gap.
This third round of redundancies is thought be the largest set of cuts faced by the Army so far, and will begin on Tuesday with the identification of the specialisms and ranks to go.
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It is expected that another 5,000 job loses will be made.
The fresh cuts follow cuts already announced by the government to reduce Army numbers from 102,000 to 82,000 by 2017.
Under the terms of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), announced in 2010, some 17,000 armed forces jobs are scheduled to go.
5,000 jobs will go from both the navy and the air force, 7,000 from the Army and around 25,000 civilian staff working at the MoD face redundancy.
In 2011 the government sought to put greater emphasis on military reserves, announcing a further reduction of 12,000 from the regular Army.
And last year the government announced that reservist numbers were to be doubled to 30,000 by 2018, taking on an "integral" role, to help fill the gap.
This third round of redundancies is thought be the largest set of cuts faced by the Army so far, and will begin on Tuesday with the identification of the specialisms and ranks to go.
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