The British army’s Welsh regiments should all be based in Wales rather than across the border in England when not on active service, the nationalist party Plaid Cymru has said. Plaid’s call for all Welsh troops to come home follows the British government’s announcement it is to sell off almost a 10th of its defence sites, including the historic Brecon barracks in south Wales. “Despite there being several locations in Wales that are suitable for stationing regiments, the three Welsh regiments are stationed in England. That means Wales is losing out on the benefits to the Welsh economy of local procurement as a result of not having those regiments stationed in Wales. The source emphasised that Wales – including the Sennybridge training area - was used by many hundreds of soldiers, from across the UK, each year.

Source: The Guardian November 14, 2016 00:00 UTC