According to this report by the Daily Telegraph, an adviser to the Ministry of Defence has warned that the Armed Forces remain "critically ill" and recent proposals amount to "little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic":

If Scotland became independent there could be wide ranging implications for defence.

A conference at the Royal United Services Institute was held on Wednesday about what the impact would be on the Armed Forces. BritishForcesNews reports (11.07.2012):

According to the Daily Telegraph, the Armed Forces should recruit more part-time soldiers to help Britain prepare for conflict and natural disasters, the FR20 review has concluded:

The Ministry of Defence has today announced changes to the allowances paid to Armed Forces personnel for expenses incurred during service.

A BFBS news report says that thousands of members of the Armed Forces could lose their chance to vote this year if they don't fill out a voter registration form.

Every year service personnel across the UK and away on deployment can't have their say in elections because they don't register to vote in time.

BAFF reported last week that 45% of armed forces voters who think they are registered are not properly registered after all.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that efforts to improve services for members of the armed forces in Northern Ireland have opened "deep divisions" between unionists and nationalists at the Assembly:

Interviewed this morning, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey acknowledged that defence personnel were being "worked harder", but he rejected the Defence Committee's claims that cuts will affect the military's capability to fulfil its tasks.

Armed forces veterans are being fast-tracked for council housing, according to some council leaders in England. LocalGov.co.uk reports that:

The British Armed Forces Federation (BAFF) has been quoted in several media reports about giving legal force to the military covenant: