Ten thousand troops to flood Britain's streets in fight against terrorism

In a landmark move, the PM announced a 10,000-strong fighting force to support cops in the face of Islamic terrorism

Ten thousand troops could flood Britain’s streets to fight terrorists as David Cameron abolishes the “divide” between the Army and police.

In a landmark move, the PM announced a 10,000-strong fighting force to support cops in the face of Islamic terrorism .

Labour accused him of using soldiers to plug gaps when the Tories slash police budgets in the Spending Review .

Speaking after a visit to French president Francois Hollande in Paris, the PM said: “As the murders on the streets of Paris reminded us so starkly, ISIL is not some remote problem thousands of miles away - it is a direct threat to our security at home and abroad.”

The PM vowed to “get rid of the divide that there’s been for many years about the deployment of military personnel on the streets of Britain”.

He added: “This is not about supplanting or taking over from the police.

"It’s being there at the disposal of the police , perhaps to provide a security cordon or particular amounts of safety.

“In the past we had rather an artificial divide between these two functions and I think it’s time to get rid of it.”

Meanwhile, Islamic State extremists will try to attack Britain with chemical weapons and bomb British jets out of the sky, the Strategic Defence and Security Review warns.

Terrorist thugs are plotting fresh ways to inflict carnage on the UK and the review says: “Passenger aircraft remain a primary target for some terrorist groups.

“Some groups, especially ISIL and al-Qaeda will also try to acquire chemical, biological and radiological capabilities.”

MPs heard the eyewatering cost of renewing the Navy’s Trident nuclear submarines could hit a whopping £41billion.

The price tag for four new boats has leapt by £6billion – and means building new subs will cost taxpayers at least £31billion.

Despite the equipment spending bonanza, 17,000 Ministry of Defence civil servants will be axed as the workforce is slashed by almost 30% to 41,000 over the next five years.

Other services will be privatised.

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Source: mirror.co.uk/
Author: BEN GLAZE , JACK BLANCHARD