The origins of BAFF lie partly in a non-politically-partisan campaign by serving and recently-discharged personnel to encourage members of the armed forces community to register to vote, in order to make their own voting choice in the General Election of 2005.

The Government has issued instructions to the various pay review bodies, including the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB), to commence their work for the 2024 pay round.

The Secretary of State's remit letter to the AFPRB Chair says that the nature of the "historically high" 2023-24 award should be taken into account, as well as "the Government's affordability position".

n 2021 a Defence Sub-Committee, chaired by Sarah Atherton MP, conducted an inquiry into Women in the Armed Forces and female veterans. The Committee is now inviting written submissions, especially from serving personnel, on one or more of the following points:

UPDATE 19 Oct: The MOD has now agreed that defence personnel can submit evidence to this inquiry. BAFF welcomes this decision.

We previously reported that:

The Chair of the Defence Sub-Committee inquiring into Service Accommodation has condemned as "fundamentally wrong" the MoD decision to ban serving personnel from contributing to the inquiry. He might have a point.