August 14, 201015 yr Author Lots of dark clouds hanging over the UK MoD in recent days. The government is doing a Strategic Defence Review (this was planned before the election), due to report in the autumn. A lot of these reports are probably strategic leaks by the three services. However, considering the Coalition's seeming desire to throw everything before the balancing the budget steamroller, I'm not hugely optimistic.
August 14, 201015 yr The government is doing a Strategic Defence Review (this was planned before the election), due to report in the autumn. A lot of these reports are probably strategic leaks by the three services. However, considering the Coalition's seeming desire to throw everything before the balancing the budget steamroller, I'm not hugely optimistic. "Defence Review" is usually a code for "chop the defence budget", is it not?
August 14, 201015 yr Author The government is doing a Strategic Defence Review (this was planned before the election), due to report in the autumn. A lot of these reports are probably strategic leaks by the three services. However, considering the Coalition's seeming desire to throw everything before the balancing the budget steamroller, I'm not hugely optimistic. "Defence Review" is usually a code for "chop the defence budget", is it not? Yep; remember the 1981 review was a reason why Argentina invaded the Falklands. The Coalition is cutting government spending by about 25% all round; only international development and health spending are untouched, but there will be "efficiency savings" there. Understandably, the trade unions are not happy.
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