WAR heroes are to be secretly sacked on the cheap as they fight on the frontline, The Sun can reveal. The Army is planning to select soldiers for the chop WHILE out in Afghanistan.
But the troops will be told only AFTER they return home from tough tours of duty.
The betrayal emerged as Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow joined a star-studded concert last night to pay tribute to Our Boys and raise cash for heroes.
In a parallel programme of cuts, many other troops will lose out on cash from redundancy packages and pensions.
The moves, revealed in Army documents leaked to The Sun, come as the MoD is braced to slash manpower to save money.
One angry officer said: "Secretly sacking blokes on the cheap as they are fighting is about as low as the MoD has ever gone."
Thousands of soldiers could be made redundant because the MoD has been warned to expect budget cuts of up to 20 per cent.
But many others will be booted out under controversial regulations which were shelved years ago and have been quietly reintroduced. The system known as Manning Control Points, or MCP, will see troops given only a measly one-off cash sum and lose pension money.
MCP was stopped in 2002 after a flurry of court cases and fears it could be illegal - but resurrected in the last days of the Labour government. Many soldiers targeted for the axe will have young families.
The documents also show injured Servicemen who have been medically downgraded could be targeted - "regardless" of their condition.
The MoD stood by the secret sacking policy when confronted by The Sun. But senior defence sources insisted decent redundancy packages would also be offered.
Meanwhile Kingsman Darren Deady, who died in hospital after being shot in Afghanistan, was described as having "the heart of a lion".
Darren, 22, from Bolton was serving with 2nd Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. The death toll is now 335.
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