Politicians can be useful...
Those of us who were single occupant home owners detached for GW1 received a nice coming home gift from the local authorities stating that, as we'd been away for so long, we would face higher Community Charge ('poll tax') rates as our homes would be classified as 'holiday residences'...
Fortunately Michael Hesseltine was having none of such nonsense. He announced unequivocally that all servicemen in our circumstances who'd been away would receive 100% refund of Community Charge - and directed local councils to move accordingly.
So I received a refund for the 159 days I'd been in the Gulf; equivalent to about £380 today. Not a fortune, but better than a kick in the teeth and being denied permission to wear the medals we'd been awarded by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.