|
| |||||||
| United Kingdom Politics Having secured a third term, we will fulfil our promise to renew our country and take Britain forward to a better future not back to a failed Tory past. Our continuing success depends on our continuing to pursue a new Labour agenda as a modern progressive party. We will focus on three crucial areas: the economy, modernising public services, tackling crime and asylum; building on what we have achieved to make Britain better since coming to office in 1997 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
22-10-2006, 07:58 PM
| ||||
| ||||
| Labour 'betray' our soldiers by cutting their front line allowances Thousands of British troops including SAS soldiers have been 'cynically betrayed' after frontline allowances were reduced behind their backs. The cuts have been uncovered by The Mail on Sunday less than a fortnight after Tony Blair and Ministers boasted they were paying tax-free bonuses of £2,240 to soldiers in danger zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. But now a change in allowances when troops are separated from their families means those deployed on two six-month tours over two years will have their payments reduced from £6,679 before tax to £4,338, a loss of £2,341 continued....... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770      |
| Bookmarks |
| Tags |
| allowances , betray , cutting , front , labour , line , soldiers |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Patriotic Military Front | iggi | Zimbabwe | 3 | 01-08-2008 06:07 PM |
| Conservative MEP in £500,000 allowances probe | Lord Nelson | Conservative | 1 | 05-06-2008 08:00 PM |
| Airbus cutting 1,600 jobs in UK | stevectaylor | Money | 0 | 28-02-2007 03:32 PM |
| Buyers line up for Nintendo Wii | stevectaylor | Money | 0 | 19-11-2006 04:41 PM |
| Families of British soldiers banned from Labour conference in censorship row | Nicholas | Labour | 0 | 14-09-2006 05:30 PM |
Threaded Mode
