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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Parachute Regiment to lose ?5-a-day danger payment (Guardian)

Proposed army cuts may affect 4,000 military personnel including soldiers
returning from Afghanistan

Members of the Parachute Regiment and other military personnel are to lose a
?5-a-day danger payment as defence chiefs seek to cut costs.

The Army is to reduce the numbers of soldiers fully trained to parachute -
meaning many will no longer qualify for the additional payment.

It could mean a pay cut of up to 10% for the lowest-paid private and officers
told the Daily Telegraph it would seriously affect morale.

The newspaper said as many as 4,000 could be affected, including those
returning from tours of Afghanistan.

But the Ministry of Defence said no decision had been taken on the extent of
the change and that no one would see their pay drop for at least a year after
any change.

A source said it was right at a time of public spending restrictions that
"people who will never be asked to jump out of the back of a plane" may lose
the payment.

Those affected would include quartermasters and cooks, who traditionally had
been fully trained as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade.

"In light of the SDSR (strategic defence and security ...

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