Government cuts have forced more than 1,000 military staff to leave in Plymouth, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
This is Plymouth report:
MORE than a thousand service personnel in Plymouth have left the military since the Coalition came to office in the face of sweeping cutbacks.
The scale of the exodus revealed in a Freedom of Information request will fuel concerns over the impact the Government’s cost-cutting drive is having on the armed forces, and the Navy in particular, and the city’s economy.