MechGov, you could be right. It mentions in there that we don't need receipts; I thought that only applied to IE at £5 or under. I've certainly had to provide receipts for all my audited claims and we do seem to get audited regularly. If only the politicians had our system then they might have only 100 serious cases a year (bearing in mind this is across 180,000 military vs. 600+ politicians); people in glass houses etc?!
I think there probably is some fat to cut in the system but I find it hard to believe that there is that much "waste". It also talks about making us spend the money first then claim it back. That might be ok if you're on £60K plus but for some of us lesser mortals, a 3 week course or duty away from home can soon mount up. Could this result in refusals to undertake duties away due to financial hardship? Besides, even our advances system is still capped at what you can potentially claim and is then followed up or taken from pay if the duty is not completed.
Where do we think the cuts will be apart from spec pay and CEA?