Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bureaucrats Get The Bonuses, The Soldiers A Measly One Per Cent Pay Rise

Risking life and limb: Soldiers on the Afghanistan frontline will get a mere one per cent pay rise

Penpushers At The Ministry Of Defence Get £40m In Bonuses While Soldiers Get A Measly One Per Cent Pay Rise -- Daily Mail

Ministry of Defence civil servants have pocketed almost £40million in bonuses while frontline troops face a pay squeeze and job cuts.

The penpushers were given the astonishing sum for ‘good performance’ as British service personnel risked their lives in Afghanistan and Libya.

Ministers, meanwhile, have begun axing 22,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen and have announced military pay rises will be capped at 1 per cent for two years.

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My Comment: This is not a surprise .... it's always the pencil pushers who decide who gets the raises.

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