Allan Macpherson News

Leaders of Britain's defense unions claim to have uncovered secret plans to axe over 1,400 jobs at Scotland's Rosyth naval base as part of a wider Ministry of Defense shake-up of navy repair services. The government and the company involved vigorously deny the claims. The MoD announced last April it was reviewing its warship maintenance and support procedures to account for the reduced size of the Royal Navy and the increased durability of modern ships. Unions at the time said the review would result in 1,000 job losses and a further 2,500 pushed into the private sector, with the Faslane naval base west of Glasgow bearing the brunt of the cutbacks.