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Saturday, March 09, 2013

Britain paying £1m a week to transport French troops fighting in Mali while axing our soldiers

RAF C-17 Globemaster III |British taxpayers are forking out £1million a week for a plane to transport French troops fighting in Mali.

The cash-strapped Ministry of Defence revealed the cost as military chiefs prepared for yet another round of swingeing cuts.

The Desert Rats were this week told they will lose their tanks, the Navy has been left without aircraft carriers while tens of thousands of troops are being axed.

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