Hoon cuts infantry battalions
News Article 16 December 2004
Defence secretary Geoff Hoon has announced a major restructuring of Army including the axing of four infantry battalions.
Hoon to announce army cull
Press Review 16 December 2004
Geoff Hoon will announce a sweeping reorganisation of the Army today.
Reservists set for Iraq tour of duty
Press Review 15 December 2004
Nine hundred reservists are to be sent to Iraq, the government announced yesterday.
British troops braced for court action
Press Review 15 December 2004
The high court has ruled that British troops on foreign operations work under the Human Rights Act, which bans torture and inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners.
TA facing sweeping cuts
Press Review 13 December 2004
The Territorial Army is to be cut by 40 per cent.
Salmond attacks 'politically motivated' army reforms
News Article 12 December 2004
Ahead of a key government announcement on reforming the army, the SNP has urged the defence secretary not to "stab in the back" Scottish regiments such as the Black Watch.
RAF slashes jobs
Press Review 10 December 2004
The RAF has announced job cuts aimed at saving some £250 million a year.
Hain defends Deepcut comments
News Article 9 December 2004
The leader of the Commons has defended his remark that the deaths at the Deepcut Army barracks were "too many to be a coincidence".
Hain links Deepcut deaths
Press Review 9 December 2004
Commons leader Peter Hain has signalled that he believes the Deepcut barracks deaths could be linked.
Hoon: Restructuring not just for cost-cutting
Press Review 7 December 2004
Writing in the Telegraph today, defence secretary Geoff Hoon insists that plans to radically restructure the Army are not designed to cut costs.
Infantry merger decision draws near
News Article 6 December 2004
Army chiefs are set to decide on changes to the infantry which many believe will lead the merger of Scottish regiments.
Army bullying rife, reveals survey
Press Review 6 December 2004
Some 85 per cent of troops told an internal army survey that bullying is commonplace.
Army braced for massive shake-up
Press Review 6 December 2004
The army's top brass will today decide which four historic regiments are to be culled as a result of sweeping Ministry of Defence reforms.
New Deepcut inquiry announced
Press Review 1 December 2004
A further investigation into bullying at the Deepcut army barracks has been announced.
New Deepcut inquiry announced
News Article 30 November 2004
A further investigation into bullying at the Deepcut army barracks has been announced.
