M.O.D To Make £1bn Cuts including suspending reservists.

[r00fie1]

Military To Make £1bn Cuts Over Next Year To Plug Budget Black Hole

The measures include reservists being suspended, changes to HMS Prince of Wales' training, and pausing civil servant recruitment.

www.forces.net

The measures include reservists being suspended, changes to HMS Prince of Wales' training, and pausing civil servant recruitment.
9th December 2020 at 2:37pm

The British military is to make £1 billion of cuts over the next year in response to a defence funding black hole.

The cuts include Royal Navy reservists being suspended, training days for British Army reserves being scaled back, and alternative training plans for Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales.
It is thought further measures will be taken by Christmas in order to meet the £1 billion mark.

Royal Navy Reserves​

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has signed off a directive that will see Royal Navy reservists suspended for the first time, aiming to save £7.5 million.
The suspension is until April 2021.

HMS Prince of Wales will not go to the US for Westlant next year, in a bid to save £2m (Picture: Royal Navy).

British Army Reserves​

The number of Army reserves training days will be scaled back from 38 to 32 and this is expected to save £11 million.

HMS Prince of Wales​

Plans for Britain’s second aircraft carrier will also be part of the MOD’s attempt to save £1 billion.
HMS Prince of Wales will not go to the United States next year for essential training as part of the Westlant exercise in a bid to save a further £2 million.

Royal Air Force Aircraft​

The Royal Air Force will also be included in the planned MOD cuts.

The RAF’s Boeing E-3D Sentry fleet will be halved from six to three aircraft.
The plan is for the MOD to sell off three of the aircraft once they are decommissioned, amounting to a saving of £138 million.

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[JackG]

It's barely a fortnight since johnson was stood on his hind legs promising the MoD £16.5 billion in new spending. Not an impressive start.

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Prince of Wales is knackered. We were supposed to be doing carrier support with it but it flooded again and it will be alongside for months.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

It's barely a fortnight since johnson was stood on his hind legs promising the MoD £16.5 billion in new spending. Not an impressive start.

The man's so economical with the truth it's untrue.

Reduced military spending should be a time for celebration, I wonder why not now?

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

Lost the money tree again?!

 

[r00fie1]

It's barely a fortnight since johnson was stood on his hind legs promising the MoD £16.5 billion in new spending. Not an impressive start.

No surprise at all. Its like chopping a blokes leg off and bragging you`ve given him a pair of crutches.

 

[r00fie1]

Lost the money tree again?!

Not if you are in the greasy PPE business.
Cutting the Reservists is saving literally pennies, compared to what this shower of schitt have handed to their mates in the last ten or more years.

 

[JackG]

No surprise at all. Its like chopping a blokes leg off and bragging you`ve given him a pair of crutches.

It was also part of the justification for cutting the aid budget

 

[r00fie1]

It was also part of the justification for cutting the aid budget

Along with the cuts in the NHS
and cuts in
spending on housing
social care
nurseries
cancelling rail electrification projects [St Pancras to Sheffield main line]
cutting public sector pay
slashing support to local authorities.......

"Austerity" is actually a transfer of wealth and power to the rich.
The crap about "reducing debt" and "prudent housekeeping" is a lie!

Now our Army and Navy Reservists are losing their annual bonus of 1100 pounds because their hours have been reduced.

Thanks Boris. Your a real treasure buddy.