BBC NEWS 24 138 08 Oct 17:24/20 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ******** *********** ************ ** ******* * ******* DEFENCE CUTS "DEVASTATING" TO FORCES The Government is planning defence cuts as international tension increases, the Tory party conference was warned. Shadow Defence Secretary John Maples said the armed forces were being asked to do "more with less". "The world looks to me like a very dangerous place and now is not the time to reduce our defence capabilities," he told members at Bournemouth. He promised to fight proposed cuts of 20,000 men in the Territorial Army. BBC NEWS 24 - NEWS EXTRA INDEX 140 Home 141 World 142 Politics 144