The strategy has seen the successful development of initiatives providing a wider range of advice, housing and support than previously existed but just as importantly, has led to the reduction of the numbers of veterans ending up homeless in London.

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Mr Barnett also warned of an erosion of goodwill between police officers and the government, after government cuts to police budgets prompting a reduction in numbers of police and civilian staff.

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Hop Farm Trading blamed decreasing numbers of visitors and a reduction in the average amount spent by each visitor, as well as continued bad weather.

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The changes will also see a reduction in the top management numbers and the bringing in of new recruits to a company that has traditionally relied on internal promotion.

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Here at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, AtheroGenics put hard numbers on that reduction.

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The Army 2020 plan is a major restructure of the armed services, which will see a reduction in numbers from 102, 000 to 82, 000 by 2017.

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He said the reduction in numbers was down to a "double whammy" of its biggest operator, Air Southwest, cutting services and the effects of the economic downturn.

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Mr. GEOFF MORRELL (Press Secretary, Pentagon): When I hear General Odierno, the head of the corps, talking about a reduction in overall levels of violence, and then I hear General Bergner provide the most up-to-date numbers on sectarian violence being down, I trust that.

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