UK army cuts jobs but wants recruits

The British government is to have further army redundancies to reduce the organisation's size. Source: AAP

THE British government is to have another round of army redundancies as it continues to reduce the organisation's size.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed there are more cuts on the way though the numbers involved are unclear.

The Sunday Telegraph newspaper says it had been told that the army would cut around 3000 jobs this year, but a government source said the figure under discussion was lower.

The regular army is being cut from 102,000 to 82,000 over a number of years while the newly renamed Army Reserve - formerly the Territorial Army - is being expanded from 19,000 to 30,000.

The newspaper said the latest losses are planned as the final wave of job cuts that will see the army lose the 20,000 posts by 2020. Thousands of jobs have already gone in the past three years.

The cuts come despite the army starting a recruitment campaign for both regular troops and reservists after saying it was struggling to attract applicants.

Mr Hammond said a television advertising campaign would "dispel forever the myth that somehow the army isn't recruiting".

Mr Hammond added that 2013 "was not a good year for recruitment".

The new campaign will introduce a simpler online application form, a more streamlined medical clearance process and an army fitness app.

The cuts will be announced next week, the newspaper said.

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