Army numbers have fallen to below 73,000 for the first time, Government statistics revealed.
Labour has criticised the Government for allowing Army numbers to fall below its target figure for the first time.
The Tories have already cut the Army to its smallest size since Napoleon, now they’ve allowed soldier numbers to slump below their own target strength.Troop numbers fell by 2,320 over the past year, from 74,830 in April 2023, according to the quarterly figures.Mr Healey said on social media site X, formerly Twitter: “The Tories have already cut the Army to its smallest size since Napoleon, now they’ve allowed soldier numbers to slump below their own target strength.
A former head of the armed forces, Lord Stirrup, last week told Parliament that the “outflow from the Army far exceeded the intake” last year and that many would-be recruits “gave up” because “the process takes far too long”.Defence Secretary Grant Shapps recently warned that the world is moving from a ‘post-war’ to a ‘pre-war’ situation
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