Afghani veterans should be allowed to plug recruitment gaps in British Army, campaigners say

Afghani veterans are willing to serve, but the Ministry of Defence has not relaxed rules on citizenship. An Afghan special ...

Ex-Army chief says Starmer should spend more on defence as he backs MoD paid gap year plan: 'There's no point having great welfare budget if we are ruled by Russia'

Lord Richard Dannatt said the government needed to urgently change its attitude about the threat being posed to the UK and to ...

Army chief says UK must spend more on defence: 'No point in great welfare if we're ruled by Russia'

Lord Richard Dannatt said the government needed to urgently change its attitude about the threat being posed to the UK and to ...

Teenagers to be offered military gap years to boost UK's defence

Around 150 young people will be recruited for placements of up to two years, with the scheme expanding to more than 1,000 per ...

UK to offer military gap years to boost country’s defence

Teenagers are set to be offered paid gap years with the British armed forces in a step towards a new “whole of society” ...

UK to introduce military 'gap year' for under 25s to boost recruitment

The UK gap year programme is part of a broader effort to increase the number of people with military experience, alongside ...