Forces personnel news

Keir Starmer 16/2/2025 on possible British troops to support peace in Ukraine 16 February 2025
Ukraine: Zelenskyy appoints Ombudsman for Military Personnel and Families 01 January 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: call for evidence 27 November 2024
Improving the offer for service personnel 29 July 2024
Incoming Labour government appoints Minister for Veterans and People 10 July 2024
Which new or returning MPs have served in the military? 06 July 2024
What did Labour say in their 2024 election manifesto about armed forces personnel and veterans? 06 July 2024
Stolen Valour aka Walts with campaign medals: should it be criminalised again? 01 July 2024
Vote 2024: The manifesto proposals for armed forces personnel representation or commissioner 22 June 2024
ARAP scheme - MOD now 'admits' that UK SF had a veto 20 June 2024
Vote 2024: What's in the party manifestos about armed forces personnel and veterans? 20 June 2024
Regular Forces Continuous Attitude Survey 2024 - morale down again 23 May 2024
New Accommodation Offer 'paused' for review in view of concerns 26 February 2024
New Accommodation Offer - See evidence submitted to the Defence Committee Inquiry 24 February 2024
'Extraordinary scenes' as Veterans' Minister gives evidence at Independent Afghanistan Inquiry 21 February 2024
UKSF had 'complete veto' on ARAP applications by former Afghan SF 19 February 2024
Petition: Review the MOD's New Accommodation Offer for armed forces personnel 17 February 2024
The war on woke begins? - but beware unintended consequences in Defence 12 February 2024
Was the Army's instruction on the Act of Remembrance written out of ignorance, or distaste? 11 February 2024
The ARAP Scheme and former members of the Afghan Special Forces who served with UK troops 05 February 2024
HM Armed Forces Veteran Card now available to all UK veterans 29 January 2024
RBL 'Credit their service' Campaign: How has your local authority responded? 30 December 2023
Armed Forces voters and the 2024 General Election 22 December 2023
AFPRB to commence armed forces pay round 2024 21 December 2023
Call for Evidence: Women in the armed forces and female veterans (Follow-up) 02 October 2023
Defence personnel banned from responding to Service Housing inquiry: MOD decision "fundamentally wrong" 01 October 2023
MOD accepts request for 'routine counterterrorism contingency support' to Met Police 24 September 2023
Labour leader pledges 'Armed Forces Commissioner' to represent armed forces and their families 18 June 2023
Cost of living crisis hits forces personnel and their families 12 June 2023
Defence Committee Inquiry: Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Government response published 28 April 2023
UK 'Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan' 25 April 2023
Military Trade Unions, Strike Breaking ... and Brussels! 25 February 2023
'Forces have no adequate way of raising their concerns and voicing their priorities' 08 February 2023
Defence Committee survey: Most armed forces women have faced bullying, harassment and discrimination 25 July 2021
Withdrawal from Afghanistan increases urgency of LES applications 14 April 2021
'Damning report' imminent on alleged LOAC breaches by Australian SF 03 November 2020
BAFF gives evidence to Overseas Operations Bill Committee 19 October 2020
What does the Overseas Operations Bill actually say? 04 October 2020
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill 22 September 2020
FM Lord Guthrie: "Don't give wriggle room to torturers" 07 June 2020
AFPRB 2019: 'Multi-year deals would not benefit the armed forces' 22 July 2019
For BAFF members approached by inquiries such as Op Northmoor (2016 article) 05 October 2016
UK 'to derogate from the ECHR in respect of operations' (2016 article) 03 October 2016
Review of the work of IHAT: Quality of claims "often very poor" 15 September 2016
IHAT reaction to PIL closure 16 August 2016
Iraq 'witch hunt': Public Interest Lawyers 'to close' 15 August 2016
Involved in IHAT? Free initial legal advice available to BAFF members 05 April 2016
'Witch-hunt' now turning to British operations in Afghanistan (2016 article) 03 February 2016
Lord Craig of Radley: Cancel the Service Complaints Ombudsman legislation 28 May 2015
Anabolic steroids: "Don't risk your career over these banned substances" 12 May 2015
The "right of association" for service personnel: A view from Denmark 24 November 2014
BAFF comment on the ADEFDROMIL and Messely ECHR decisions 02 October 2014
'Zero tolerance to banned sports supplements' 06 October 2013
Never miss the opportunity to exploit a crisis! 30 August 2013
Armed Forces Healthcare 21 May 2013
Human rights of members of the armed forces - Council of Europe recommendation (Introduction) 09 January 2012
Human rights of members of the armed forces - Council of Europe recommendation (Text) 09 January 2012
BAFF: 'What we cannot condone is a fishing expedition by the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) in which service personnel are asked to inform on each other' 04 September 2011
Armed forces trade unions? 12 July 2011
MOD Armed Forces Pension Calculator 17 January 2010
Accessibility 15 October 2009
Human rights of armed forces personnel: BAFF participation in key international working group 02 October 2009
Do our troops mark the 'X'? 17 September 2009
BAFF Ten Point Plan 2006 05 September 2009
About online registration 04 September 2009
Personnel representation in Australian armed forces 01 September 2009
MoD now agrees with BAFF on human rights ruling 28 August 2009
More about representation for Australian Defence Force personnel 24 August 2009
BAFF: 'You can't treat service personnel like children' 16 February 2009
BAFF evidence on medical care for armed forces personnel and their families 03 February 2009
Pre-1975 service pensions 22 January 2009
Death as a result of active service - complete exemption from Inheritance Tax 15 January 2009
The British General and the Bosnia 'Mutiny' 21 August 2008
March 2007: 'Commonwealth soldiers form union' 24 April 2007

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