Seletar,
With respect, 9000 people have been "binned", not the posts! Many/most of those posts are still gapped as few have been disestablished formally; the resultant being that those still within HM's Light Blue are feeling the strain.
Appreciate the other Services are suffering equally but I cannot speak for those from first-hand experience.
Still, a "no more than 1% pay increase per annum" (i.e. a real terms pay cut if inflation is greater - which it WILL be) will do wonders for attracting those keen for a rewarding and financially secure career, defending the very constitution that dictates such terms. Meanwhile.....MPs get their 10%+ pay increase. IPSA and the AFPRB are clearly different in SO many ways.
We should ALL benefit from a growing economy, fairly and squarely.