British Union Warns Of Defense Cut Job Losses

By Robert Wall

LONDON — Britain’s large Unite union is warning the U.K. could lose more than 16% of its defense workforce as a result of planned spending cuts due to emerge as part of the government’s far-reaching spending review scheduled to be revealed on Oct. 20.

The union cites an Oxford Economics study that suggests “cuts of 26% would lead to potentially over 55,000 job ...

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