No more cuts, head of British army warns

Who would be head of the British army at this time? It is not an enviable position. The army is being cut by about 20% to 82,000 by the end of the decade. Ministers say they are confident that the capability gap can be filled by almost doubling the size of the Reserves to 30,000 and "integrating" them into the regular army. Their confidence is not widely shared. Meanwhile, the army is losing some of its best young officers. They have been to Afghanistan and do not believe there is much future staying in the army. Faced with the prospect of even further cuts, General Sir Peter Wall, chief of the general staff — the head of the British army — had the air of one trying hard to suppress deep frustration, even anger, as he gave evidence for more them two hours on Wednesday to the Commons defence committee. His message to Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, seemed clear — that's enough, no more cuts. More HERE