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RAF Ternhill / Clive Barracks to be sold for housing

Making the incumbent regiment homeless.

Clive Barracks Army base to be sold and replaced with up to 600 homes « Shropshire Star

It is hoped the sales will generate a total of £140 million, which the Government says will be invested into the defence budget.

Defence Minister Mark Lancaster said: “Every pound we make by disposing of excess land will be reinvested into a defence budget that keeps Britain safe.


Read more at http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2...hZ9rGkFVUY7.99
Now does that mean that it will be plowed as extra funds into the budget or being the cynic I am, is it more likely that it we are asset stripping the military and in reality we will reduce the military budget accordingly to allow for this surplus cash.


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