SDSR the White Paper

Headline cuts in military expenditure were announced in Tuesday's Strategic Defence and Security Review - the government's attempt to present it as a separate policy-led exercise rather than one simply dictated by the Treasury's demands for cuts has not worked. 

The reality is that the Defence Review is a Defence Cut with some 42,000 jobs to be lost.

The chancellor confirmed today that the defence budget will be cut by 8% over four years.

The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) report is available on the Cabinet Office website and can be accessed here: http://www.direct.gov.uk/sdsr