Originally Posted by
LFFC
Things really must be bad for the general to be quite so vocal:
Perhaps he's got wind of plans to increase the rental charges in this year's pay rise? If I recall correctly, after the big increase in charges last year (anywhere between 2.5% to 13%), another rise is on the cards because the AFPRB "consider Service accommodation rental charges in relation to the accommodation costs of civilian comparators".
Believe it or not, rentals have been dropping nationwide now for some time. So I never understood where they got last year's 15% rise from, that is, unless they know CPI/RPI is actually much higher than the ONS is lettign on that is...
