Forces bases to close
More than 2,000 jobs will be lost with the closure of RAF and Royal Navy bases. To go are equipment supply depots at RAF Carlisle and RAF Quedgeley, near Gloucester; advanced jet training at Chivenor, Devon; the Royal Naval Engineering College at Manadon, Plymouth; and two Navy food depots near Southampton and Edinburgh.
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