Gurkhas ‘Set To Be Hit Hardest By Defence Cuts’

The government’s “shoddy” treatment of Gurkhas was criticised by Labour on Friday, as reports suggested they will be hit by the latest defence cuts.

 

The BBC reported the Nepalese infantrymen will bear the brunt of the 5,000 Ministry of Defence (MoD) redundancies, due to be announced on Tuesday.

 

It is feared the Royal Gurkha Rifles, who have served alongside the British Army for almost 200 years, will be disproportionately affected relative to their ranks, which total 3,500.

 

Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said in a statement: “This is a shoddy way to treat those who have shown years of bravery for our country.

 

“This is the second painful cut the Gurkhas have had to endure in just a few months.

Wounded Soldiers Could Face Redundancy, Leaked Memo Shows

More than twice as many soldiers as previously announced could face being made redundant over the next few years, according to a leaked classified memo.

The document, seen by the Daily Telegraph, suggests as many as 16,500 Army personnel could be made redundant by April 2015, in a dramatic acceleration of cuts to the armed forces.

According to the memo, those laid off could include as many as 2,500 wounded soldiers – 350 of them who have lost a limb, the newspaper said. But the Ministry of Defence said it had “absolutely no plan” to change the way it treated wounded, injured and sick soldiers.

Distancing itself from the contents of the memo, which was reported to have been sent to senior commanders in Afghanistan, an MoD spokeswoman said no decisions had been taken on the scale of the next tranche of redundancies.
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