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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that the Government accepts the broad thrust of the six recommendations made in the review of the United Kingdom's Reserve Forces published on 18 July 2011.

Reserve Forces are an essential and integral component of the UK's Defence capability. In future they will have a greater role and will be more integrated with the regular component of the Armed Forces.

This requires an increase in size and change in the nature of the reserve role. This is an essential part of Transforming Defence and delivering Defence's Vision for Future Force 2020.

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