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Monday 12 September 2011

Speak up NOW for better Pay, Allowances and Charges

Each year, the AFPRB recommends the remuneration package for the year ahead; they are currently gathering evidence to inform the SoS for Defence for Apr 12 onwards. For those currently affected by the 2-year pay freeze (all those earning more than £21k pa) you may feel such effort is nugatory, but the AFPRB also recommends accommodation and food charges as well as the level of certain allowances, many of which affect a large percentage of those serving. In any event, the AFPRB have expressed a strong desire to 'hear it like it is' during these particularly lean years and it is all the more important that we let them know how RAF families are affected by the economic climate and the on-going pressures of RAF life. The RAF Families Federation is invited to give formal evidence to the AFPRB, both in writing and during an oral evidence session, in Oct 11. To ensure we are representing accurately and independently the views of RAF family members, both serving and non-serving, please take a few minutes to complete the RAF FF online surveys...More information »

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