Standard Learning Credits: Temporary Policy To Be Made Permanent
A temporary policy introduced for the Standard Learning Credits scheme (SLC) will be made permanent and amends made to the JSP 822 accordingly. The changes introduced last year as an intermediate measure are found in 2020DIN07-118 and will be written into JSP 822...
Select Committee On The Armed Forces Bill Publishes Final Report On Bill
The Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill publishes its Special Report. After four weeks of careful scrutiny, this Report has been formulated from the written evidence, oral evidence and line-by-line bill consideration of the Select Committee. A public survey has...
Historic Gun Salutes Mark The Passing Of HRH Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh
At 1200 yesterday (10 April) a Death Gun Salute was fired to mark the death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Across the United Kingdom, in Gibraltar and on HM Ships at sea, saluting batteries fired 41 rounds at one round every minute for 40...
Government Expands Military Benefits In Response To Selous Report
Dozens of support measures are outlined today in the UK Government’s official response to Andrew Selous MP’s report ‘Living in Our Shoes – understanding the needs of UK Armed Forces families.’ Military families will benefit from increased accommodation choice, free...
Defence To Invest £2bn In Next Stage Of UK Combat Air System
Defence Minister Jeremy Quin has warned that the ‘freedom of the air cannot be taken for granted’ as threat picture changes in RUSI speech. More than £2 billion announced for world leading future combat air system Tempest to keep UK and allies safe The programme has...
