U.K. Army To Be Further Reduced To Levels Not Seen Since The 1820s

Army Facing Huge Cuts After Withdrawal From Afghanistan -- The Telegraph

The Army is to be cut by up to 20,000 troops, leaving it at its lowest level since the 1820s, under secret Treasury plans.

Senior defences sources have said that the Chancellor, George Osborne, supported by the Prime Minister will demand the cuts in a bid to substantially reduce Britain's defence budget.

General Sir David Richards, the chief of the defence staff, fought off Treasury demands for a 20 per cent reduction in the size of the Army during the frantic negotiations which preceded the publication of the Strategic Defence and Security Review last October.

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My Comment: And this is a Conservative government ?!?!?!