Army Rumour Service

Officers are preparing to reduce the size of the army to as little as 65,000 after the Conservatives dropped a pledge to maintain the force at its target of 82,000, The Times understands.

Options being considered within the military include reducing the army by 17,000 personnel to less than two thirds of the size of the French army and only slightly bigger than Germany’s land force, according to two defence sources.

A third source said that “contingency plans” were being prepared in case the army was cut to 60,000 or 70,000. Officials were even asked this year to...

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Prime Minister Theresa May says Operation Temperer is now in force.

That means armed police who usually protect places such as the UK parliament will be replaced by members of the armed forces.

Military personnel also may be deployed at public events, she said.

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