Old War Office May Be Victim of Cost Cutting

LONDON-The British government plans to sell a London Ministry of Defense building where Winston Churchill once worked. Bloomberg says the Old War Office on Whitehall, will be put on the market once a broker has been hired. The sale of the 111-year-old building will save about $13 million (8 million pounds) a year in ongoing costs, the Ministry told the news agency.

The British military is being revamped to cut costs and reduce personnel. A year ago, a panel of U.K. lawmakers urged the government to sell office space, of which more than 200,000 square meters (2.2 million square feet) is vacant.