The chair of the Defence Select Committee – Tobias Ellwood – says recruitment to the Army is “difficult” and adds that, “we get people through the door; we’re not able to retain them”.
It comes after Labour’s call for the Government to devise "a proper defence strategy", following a leaked Ministry of Defence report which said the Army is running low on battle-ready soldiers.
Report by Jonesia.
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In an unprecedented move, the United States is preparing to enact sanctions against an army unit of its steadfast ally, Israel's Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). As reported by Axios, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is anticipated to declare sanctions targeting the Israel Defense Forces' "Netzah Yehuda" battalion in the near future. Allegations of human rights violations within the Israeli-held West Bank have prompted this action against the Netzah Yehuda battalion.
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Conservative MPs Tobias Ellwood and Mike Freer raise concern over threats to their safety as they say they have become increasingly “cleverer and aggressive”.
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