Nearly all Gurkhas chose to extend their contracts, which increased the number in the brigade Photo: Ian Nicholson/PA
One In Eight Gurkhas To Lose Job In MoD Cuts -- The Telegraph
One in eight Gurkhas will lose their job under Ministry of Defence plans to make 4,000 members of the Armed Forces redundant, ministers will announce today.
More than 400 Gurkhas, equivalent to almost an entire battalion, will be among 2,800 soldiers to lose their jobs, while the RAF is cutting 1,000 and the Navy 500.
The news will embarrass Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, who lands in Nepal today as part of a trip to demonstrate how Britain is helping Gurkha families.
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My Comment: Getting rid of hundreds of Gurkha troops while the International Development Secretary is in Nepal talking about how they are going to help Gurkha families .... hmmmm .... talk about bad timing.
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