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Support with childcare costs

WRAPPING YOUR head around childcare costs can be confusing, particularly given the Ministry of Defence has three elements to the support it extends to...

Reserve revisions

  NEW MEASURES being introduced through the Armed Forces Bill will raise the maximum age at which veterans can be recalled from 55 to 65 and l...

Lifelong learning

A NEW funding system for post-18 education in England will enable eligible students aged up to 60 to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans. T...

Make sure you can vote

WITH UK elections soon, it’s vital that Army personnel, spouses, civil partners and eligible children are correctly registered to vote. If eligible,...

Living the virtual dream

WHILE THE roll call of big firms asking employers to return to the office on a ‘fuller-time’ basis grows, Whitney Wilde remains an unapologetic cham...

Join the Girls’ Brigade

GIRLS’ BRIGADE England & Wales is working with the Methodist Church to launch new groups in regions with high numbers of military families. The...

Recollections and role models

By Kayleigh Atherton   GROWING UP as a military child meant learning to adapt quickly. New schools, towns and friends became a regular part of life...

Gen up on capital gains

IF YOU’RE considering buying or have bought your own home it is wise to be mindful of the additional costs you could face. Liz Hart* from finance a...

Career Comforts

For those in search of a career that fits around postings and the general comings and goings of their partner’s Army life, setting up and running a ...

The lowdown on trooper flights

FOR THOSE regularly transiting to and from overseas postings, trooper flights appear an attractive proposition and many families have been ‘checking...