Paras jump down in paypackets

Former soldiers are again being used as a political football. Irrespective of not getting sufficient training time or access to training later because of the restrictions on aircraft and 'jumping', because soldiers will not speak for themselves the MoD cuts where it will do most harm.

You cannot have an army without men. Men (and women) have families and they all deserve a decent pay. Before anyone jumps and screams about volunteers let us not forget one thing. Soldiers, once enlisted, have no options and the most obvious is on doing their duty. A soldier is not allowed under QR&R's to show or act afraid. Had it been services emergency crews who answered the call to the 7/7 atrocity, they would have been Courts Martial for cowardice had they stood around awaiting for clearance to enter the tubes.

Leave the Paras pay alone.

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Paratroopers hit by pay cut on return from Afghanistan

Army chiefs have decided to end a supplement paid to each member of the

regiment for parachuting. It is worth more than £2,000 a year.

The MoD is struggling with an estimated £1 billion shortfall in its budget for the current financial year. Cutting the so-called Para Pay bonus will save more than £4 million a year. But it will be a significant blow to up to 4,000 soldiers just back from a gruelling tour of Helmand, many of whom take home little more than £1,000 a month.

Military chiefs have repeatedly been accused of damaging morale unnecessarily as they try to cut costs. In February, they used email to inform front-line soldiers they were being sacked. Weeks later, they warned thousands of personnel serving in Afghanistan that they might be made redundant later this year.

The wage cut for the Paras has already been signed off by the head of the Army’s resources and plans unit and goes before ministers in the coming weeks. It comes on top of a two-year pay freeze. Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk

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