Closures: The cost-cutting plan will see the end of Claro Barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire; Howe Barracks, Canterbury; Craigiehall Barracks in Edinburgh; and Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. Parts of Redford Barracks, Edinburgh; Forthside Barracks, Stirling; and Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury will also be cut back
Four Army Bases Axed As Defence Secretary Ignores Cabinet Warning To Stop 'Airing Dirty Laundry' Over Spending Cuts In Public -- Daily Mail
* Barracks in North Yorkshire, Canterbury, Edinburgh and Pembrokeshire to close and three others to be scaled down
* Defence Secretary Philip Hammond admits it will sever 'historic ties' between the army and local communities
* Treasury minister Danny Alexander warns Cabinet that public scrapping over more spending cuts is not the way to 'do business'
* Hours later Hammond warns more defence cuts will lead to a 'reassessment' of what British military can acheive
Four army bases are to be closed and another three scaled back in major shake-up of forces sites which will save £240million-a-year.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond admitted the move would sever ‘historic ties’ between local communities and the army.
But he defied a Cabinet warning from Treasury minister Danny Alexander that ministers must not 'air dirty laundry' over cuts in public, by again speaking out against further reductions in the Ministry of Defence budget.
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My Comment: And even more cuts are coming.
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