Troop Cuts Will Put British Army at ‘Breaking Point’: Former Army Chief

Gen. Lord Dannatt, the former chief of the general staff, poses for a photograph after taking part in a photograph to commemorate 100 years since the end of the World War I, at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, on Oct. 16, 2018. Leon Neal/Getty Images

The UK government’s decision to go ahead with planned troop cuts despite the war in Ukraine is “madness” and will put the British Army at “breaking point,” a former army chief has warned.

At the NATO summit in Madrid last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government will increasing its defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by the end of the decade.