BRASSED OFF.Byline: Paul Routledge FACTS about the Army top brass that speak for themselves... The top 10 military officers share a pay and pension pot of pounds 21million a year. pounds 2.4m of this is made up of lump-sum payments. pounds 108,408 a year, the cost of official accommodation for General Sir Richard Dannatt (right), outgoing head of the Army. pounds 10,000, cleaning bill for his home. pounds 5,000 to lease his car, and pounds 34,662 for a chauffeur to drive him around. pounds 235,000, the salary of Air Chief Marshal air chief marshal Noun a very senior officer in an air force Sir Jock Stirrup Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup, GCB, AFC, DSc, FRAeS FCMI RAF (born 4 December 1949), commonly known as Sir Jock Stirrup, is a senior Royal Air Force commander and the current British Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS). , Chief of the Defence Staff - up pounds 25,000 since 2007/8. pounds 2.5m-plus, the size of Sir Jock's pension pot, giving him pounds 130,000 a year in retirement. pounds 38,600, the cost of his official residence. pounds 6billion, the value of MoD assets unaccounted for An inclusive term (not a casualty status) applicable to personnel whose person or remains are not recovered or otherwise accounted for following hostile action. Commonly used when referring to personnel who are killed in action and whose bodies are not recovered. , ie lost, and pounds 268m, wrongly paid out in specialist pay and expenses. Strange that these figures are not quoted when they demand more taxpayers' money. |
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