Labour has complained that the British army is being used to bail out failing services in the UK, at a time when the threat from Russia remains acute and British forces are being withdrawn from Estonia.John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, has written to the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, to warn that troops may be diverted from essential defence tasks to plug staffing gaps caused by strikes in Border Force, the NHS and elsewhere.
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