Not quite all doom & gloom on the equipment front.
http://https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uk-commits-to-major-upgrade-for-shadow-surveillance-441135/
One of the UK's key intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) types is to receive a major upgrade, under the terms of a long-term arrangement between the Royal Air Force and prime contractor Raytheon UK.
Sent from my iPad hence the clumsy link...