UK Armed Forces to Receive Pay Rise Following Review Body Recommendations
The salary increase will be the third since Labour took power in 2024 and will be backdated to 1 April 2026. Satisfaction with service life rose to 45 per cent in the latest Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey.
pakistantoday.com.pkBritain's armed forces are set to receive an inflation-busting pay rise that will be announced within the next few days, GB News reported. The pay award will be the third since Labour won power in 2024. All ranks are now paid in accordance with the living wage after a series of increases.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body has submitted its report and recommendations. The details of this year's pay award will be confirmed shortly, and any pay award will be backdated to the start of the Armed Forces pay year on 1 April 2026.
Latest data from the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey showed that 45 per cent of personnel were satisfied with their service life overall.
That figure rose from 42 per cent in 2025. Dissatisfaction with the rate of basic pay rose between 2021 and 2023. " He added that satisfaction with service life collapsed to record lows under the Tories, who failed forces with low pay, hollowed-out capabilities and the scandal of unfit military homes.
He said the Tories created a crisis in recruitment and retention just as the world was becoming more dangerous. Healey also stated that the party's record increase in defence investment is enabling better pay, better conditions and better housing. A Whitehall insider said: "Our armed forces are the very best of Britain.
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