In response to Andrew Rosindell MP’s (Conservative – Romford) query on improving recruitment for military personnel, Defence Minister Luke Pollard outlined a series of measures aimed at transforming the process to attract and retain top talent.
Pollard emphasised the Government’s focus on “improving Armed Forces recruitment, modernising and refining our policies and processes to attract the best possible talent.” Among the recent policies highlighted was a “35% pay increase for new recruits; one of the largest pay increases in the last 20 years for existing personnel,” designed to make military careers more competitive.
He also pointed to the removal of “over 100 outdated medical policies” to streamline applications, alongside the creation of a “new military direct-entry cyber pathway” to meet modern operational demands. Furthermore, the Ministry of Defence has set ambitious targets to improve recruitment efficiency, including making “a conditional offer of employment to candidates within 10 days and a provisional training start date within 30 days.”
Pollard stressed that these initiatives will shape the development of the Armed Forces Recruitment Programme, “which is being implemented to further improve the speed with which highly motivated and capable people can join our Armed Forces.”
The Government’s reforms aim to address long-standing recruitment challenges while positioning the Armed Forces as an attractive career choice in an increasingly competitive employment landscape.
Good ideas, long overdue.
And yet they still won’t give the RFA a half-decent pay rise. Anyone who thinks the RFA do not sail into danger only need review the footage released by the Russian MoD last week where one of the Tides is seen with a crosshairs amidships. Sadly that means we need to find a politician willing to do the right thing rather than the popular or expedient thing.
Suggestions as to who that might be gratefully accepted.
Long overdue
Is he ending Capita’s contract?
Capita is being piece by piece. Capitas contract for the Royal Navys medical ended this year and now is in house again.
That’s good news! Hopefully this approach to outsourcing everything to save costs but then finding that the quality of output suffers is behind us.
Why is MoD still pausing recruitment of service personnel from the Commonwealth?
Is it?
If it is then surely your question is rhetorical?
If your question is not rhetorical then you probably know that the potential responses are very lengthy and even more so complex.
Kiss principle is something like this:-
The commonwealth is an outdated hangover realised from an exploitative British empire. The empire sought to profit by force from resources that ‘britain’ lacked.
Currently there is conflict between the ‘gb’ and the commonwealth because whilst the UK honours it’s self imposed disaster and protectorate status it refuses to pay reparations.
Something along those lines probably informs a partial answer to your develish question
Twats !!!
Bring back national service