Originally Posted by
Wader2
What Des actually said was "everyone on operations will be equally better off, by just under £100 per week, free of tax".
It was the MOD release and not Des that says: "Proportional amounts will be paid to those undertaking shorter and longer tours."
Des then said: "The payment will be backdated to 1 April 2006, as an adjustment to pay arrangements in the current financial year. Full details of eligibility will be made public shortly but I can confirm that besides Afghanistan it will apply to our forces in Iraq and in the Balkans"
I have it on good advice that Des needs an Instructional Technique course, especially with regards to staying on script and not making it up as he goes along!
Sit tight, all will become clear once the rounds of frenzied meetings in the corridors of power in SW1 have settled down.