" ... The Society of British Aerospace Companies, for some 2,600 firms, said workers faced losing jobs and troops could be left without vital equipment.
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Both opposition parties have attacked government spending on the armed forces.
Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox accused the prime minister, Gordon Brown, of neglecting the armed forces.
Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey said a new strategic defence review was needed, rather than expensive "salami-slicing" programmes.
Meanwhile, Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth is to meet coroners from Oxfordshire and Swindon and Wiltshire later to discuss how to speed up and improve the inquest process for troops killed in overseas operations. ... "
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