Troops face cutbacks in £2bn budget 'black hole'

LABOUR has left the MoD with a £2billion black hole forcing cutbacks and the cancellation of key projects, it has been claimed.

- By Aaron Newbury

Figures seen by the Express show that funding for some projects has been removed, cash for new troops has not increased recruitment, and officer satisfaction with training tools is dropping.

Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge said the Express had “further exposed the shocking truth behind Labour's national security rhetoric”, adding that “at a time of war in Europe, when we urgently

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need to strengthen our defences, [Labour] are instead telling the armed forces to make ‘savings’.”