Philip Hammond: "We have No Choice"

On the Armed Forces redundancies being announced today Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "Difficult decisions had to be taken in the SDSR to deal with the vast black hole in the MoD budget. The size of the fiscal deficit we inherited left us no choice but to reduce the size of the Armed Forces". He also went on to say, "The redundancy programme will not impact adversely on current operations...More information »

RAF Redundancy - Another 1,000 likely to Go

The Redundancy announcement will be made later this morning but it is widely expected that a further 1,000 will go from the RAF. This is another bitter blow for the Service. Volunteers are being asked for but in the event of there not being enough personnel in the right fields willing to go, compulsory redundancy will again take place. The last tranche of redundancies saw half of the requirement go against their will...More information »

Tomorrow - 2nd and Final Tranche of Redundancies

Tomorrow, Tue 17 Jan 12, the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army and will publish single Service DINs detailing the arrangements for Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme. Tranche 2 will be the last tranche of redundancy for the RAF although a small number of further redundancies may be required. The tranche is likely therefore, to be larger than originally thought...More information »

Redundancy Tranche 2 Announcement - 17 Jan 12

Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme will be announced on 17 Jan 12. The RAF will publish arrangements at the same time as the RN and Army. Tranche 2 is to be the last tranche of redundancies for the RAF and RN, although a small number of further redundancies may be required. Eligible personnel will have until 28 Feb 12 to submit applications and notifications of redundancies will be issued 12 Jun 12...More information »