Further cuts will 'erode military capability'
Philip Hammond has told the BBC that he will not be able to make further cuts "without eroding military capability."
– Philip HammondWe won't be able to make further cuts without eroding military capability.
Of course I understand the Chancellor's challenge. He has to find additional savings in order to consolidate the public finances as we have to do but we need to look broadly across government at how we are going to do that, not just narrowly at a few departments.
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