The issue of our allowances is a thread in it's own right. I hate what the MOD have done to them. Going away used to be fun but now it's a ballache just trying to get a fraction of the money you spent back.
The RCAF system by comparison is like ours used to be. You go away for three days you get three days worth of cash and you spend it how you wish. Although I've heard rumours that the senior echelons of the Canadian Military rather like the sound of our receipted actuals system!
It would be fun to watch an MP try to operate on our allowances for just a week though. That would definitely be the best way to get the system changed.
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