Hard up soldiers need food vouchers

Some soldiers are so hard up they are having to be issued with food vouchers to pay for their meals, an internal Army report has revealed.

The briefing paper, drawn up for the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, warned that increasing numbers of soldiers are now close to the Government's definition of poverty.

It said that growing numbers were being forced to leave the service because they could not afford to bring up a family on Army pay.

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