UK to cut army by more than 4,000

More than 4,000 British soldiers have been told they have lost their jobs in the latest round of British Army redundancies, the UK's Ministry of Defence has announced.

UK to cut army by more than 4,000
Tue, 18 Jun, 2013 - 10:52

More than 4,000 British soldiers have been told they have lost their jobs in the latest round of British Army redundancies, the UK's Ministry of Defence has announced.

A total of 4,480 Army personnel have been made redundant in the latest tranche of job losses as the Government tries to reduce the number of regulars to 82,000 by 2018.

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