US General Ben Hodges warns Britain over armed forces cuts

LONDON - 9 November 2017: A senior US general has warned against deeper cuts to Britain's armed forces, BBC News reported.

Lt-Gen Ben Hodges, commander of the US Army in Europe, said Britain's position as a key ally and a leading member of Nato would be at risk if its armed forces "got any smaller".

The Army, Royal Navy and RAF have been told to make cuts, as the MoD attempts to make £20bn of efficiency savings.

It comes as new UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has spoken of the "rising threats" facing the nation.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Lt-Gen Hodges said that if the UK "can't maintain and sustain the level of commitments it's fulfilling right now, then I think it risks kind of going into a different sort of category".