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Date: 5th November 1993
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 133
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P133 CEEFAX 133 Fri 5 Nov 16:13/31 POLITICS SERIOUS CUTS EXPECTED IN DEFENCE A BBC correspondent says radical armed forces cuts and alterations are expected after a deal between the Defence Department and Treasury Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind is thought to have fought off deeper cuts, but up to £1.5 billion may still have to be saved over the next three years. The cuts will be made in support units, with wholesale privatisation and by new ideas such as replacing some older RAF transport aircraft by leasing civil airliners. DESPATCH by Mark Laity 190Next News Home News Main News CityHeads