Useful Defence Statistics
Diane Allen OBE
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Deeply grateful to Cranthorpe Millner, for taking a chance on me.
The Professional Membership, excellent advice for first time writers.
When you need your manuscript cleared for publishing..
The MOD report on Inappropriate Behaviours.
Parliament gives its verdict.
2020 Letter of Update.
An original WRAC recruiting poster for women.
Government announcement, Oct 2018.
2019, A General on the Army Exec Board.
I am still unable to report that the system is efficient, effective and fair'. 'Delay remains a substantial issue.' 'Lack of confidence in the system continues a key issue.' '(there is a) Substantial backlog of unallocated cases.' 'The largest two areas of complaint are career management and discrmimination.'
Service Ombudsman, latest review of the Army Redress System, 2022.
The (Wigston) review says that the 'new generation' of armed forces personnel are led by a "pack mentality of white, middle-aged men, especially in positions of influence whose behaviours are shaped by the armed forces of 20 years ago."
Kevin Rawlinson, writing in The Guardian, 16th July 2019
The Government orders a review of the armed forces' retention problem after 7,500 personnel (5.6%) quit the military, in 2017 alone.
Former Defence Minister, Mark Francois commissioned to lead the report, 5th February 2019
