Defence Secretary Forced To Defend 11,000 ‘Sad’ Job Cuts After Redundancies Branded 'Disgraceful' -- The Daily Mail
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has been forced to defend the decision to make 11,000 redundancies in the armed forces, insisting that personnel who have recently returned from Afghanistan will not be sacked.
His Labour counterpart Jim Murphy summoned Dr Fox to the Commons to make a statement on the redundancies, after the RAF yesterday became the first service to give detailed plans.
Mr Murphy said it was 'disgraceful' that some forces serving overseas would be 'welcomed home as heroes by the public and sacked by their Government'.
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Fox defends armed forces job cuts -- Press Association
UK cuts expose defence weakness -- The Australian
British Afghan soldiers face being fired -- The Province/The Telegraph
You and whose army, Dave? 11,000 servicemen and women made redundant in 'shocking' betrayal of troops fighting Taliban -- The Daily Mail
Armed forces to lose 11,000 personnel -- The Independent
Govt to axe 11,000 armed forces jobs -- AFP
UK to cut forces by 11,000 -- Financial Times
UK to make 11,000 of its armed forces redundant -- Reuters
Defence Secretary Fox defends RAF job cuts announcement -- BBC
Armed forces set out plans for first redundancies -- BBC
British troops on front line in Afghanistan told they face the sack -- The Telegraph
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