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MPs warn that cuts to Britain’s stretched Armed Forces may leave them unable to deal with the unexpected, reducing the Government’s future defence strategy to little more than a “wish list”.
As the Government tests its flood defences, critics say cuts will leave homes without insurance. MP Diana Johnson tells Channel 4 News: “The insurance market is practically closed in Hull.”
Former military chiefs heavily criticise the Government over planned defence cuts, saying they will seriously effect UK naval capabilities.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox warns the prime minister of “grave consequences” if “draconian” spending cuts are made to the Armed Forces while Britain is at war. Carl Dinnen investigates.
Gary Gibbon
The Sunday Times splash today sounds like another senior army figure has been briefing. There never was much of a chance of cutting back the troop numbers drastically while the army was being deployed in Afghanistan. We know David Cameron’s projected dates for draw-down so the question still remains what will the army look like…
The Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi chairs the Defence Committee, he joined us from Westminster.
Even as reports of the Storm Shadow strikes were emerging, the Defence secretary was in the Commons announcing cuts to naval ships, drones and helicopters.
Boris Johnson is calling it a “once in a generation” plan to modernise the armed forces
The main public spending watchdogs say the government is still cutting the money it gives to councils. And figures from the Treasury suggest real-terms reductions in councils’ overall spending power will continue until 2020.
A government review has recommended axing up to two thousand Royal Marines. But MPs have warned that making the cuts would be “militarily illiterate”. We speak to the former head of the Army, General Lord Dannett.
Plans to buy new military equipment – including warships and jets – are under threat because the defence budget is so overstretched according to a new Defence Select Committee report. The stark warning is likely to reignite the row between the Chancellor and the Defence Secretary over military cuts.
Almost 2,000 jobs are to be cut at the UK’s biggest defence contractor BAE Systems, in what’s being described by unions as a “bitter blow” for manufacturing. The company, which is facing a lack of orders for its Typhoon jet, claims the restructuring will result in a “sharper, competitive edge”. Labour says the move will…
George Osborne insists the government is increasing the money it spends on disabled people, even as he is criticised for the latest cut. Who’s right?
Gary Gibbon
I watched one Labour MP get up as Jeremy Corbyn spoke, shake his head and leave the chamber.
Gary Gibbon
The former prime minister Gordon Brown passionately defends the tax credit system he created, but is less willing to pass comment on Jeremy Corbyn and his suitability as a future Labour PM.