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Armed forces recruitment disaster might worsen over VAT on non-public college charges, insiders say

By Editorial Board Published November 10, 2024 5 Min Read
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Armed forces recruitment disaster might worsen over VAT on non-public college charges, insiders say

A recruitment and retention disaster within the armed forces will develop until the federal government exempts army households from paying VAT on non-public college charges, insiders have warned.

They are saying a promise to extend an allowance funded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that helps to cowl the price of college charges doesn’t go far sufficient, and that extremely skilled personnel – officers and different ranks – will stop if Rachel Reeves doesn’t carry out a U-turn.

Such a loss in expertise would weaken UK defences at a time of rising threats, the insiders say.

A soldier with a baby at boarding college, who requested to stay nameless, stated: “I will have to leave military service, as I will not inflict another school move on my child.”

He stated: “On one side, the chancellor wore a poppy during her budget announcement, and then proceeded to deal a damaging blow to members of His Majesty’s Armed Forces by not including a simple exemption.”

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Defence Secretary John Healey joins serving army personnel at hand out poppies. Pic: PA

A military partner, who requested for her identification to be protected as a result of her husband is serving, stated: “This is people’s children. This is people’s money in their pocket.”

Providing a way of the size of the potential influence, the Military Households Federation, an impartial charity, stated almost 70% of households that shared proof with it concerning the coverage stated with out safety from the total price of the VAT they’d think about quitting the service.

The cellular nature of army life – with postings across the UK and abroad – typically requires service personnel to maneuver each few years, with any youngsters they’ve pressured to relocate with them, transiting out and in of various faculties.

To guard towards this disruption some dad and mom determine to ship their children to personal college – typically to board.

Greater than 2,000 of those personnel – nearly all of them within the military – declare cash from the MoD to assist cowl the price of non-public college charges.

The Continuity of Training Allowance (CEA) funds as much as 90% of tuition charges however households should pay a minimal of 10%.

Lots of those that take this selection could have agonised over the affordability of the portion they’ll nonetheless pay, which may quantity to tens of hundreds of kilos per 12 months.

They are going to now must pay extra to cowl the VAT on this portion of the invoice – or else pull their youngsters out of college, a nightmare choice, particularly for these serving overseas.

As well as, another army households that don’t qualify for the training allowance – which is barely allotted beneath a really strict standards – nonetheless choose to place their youngsters into boarding college to make sure the continuity of their training at a single location.

They are going to don’t have any safety from any of the VAT burden.

James Cartlidge. Pic: PA

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James Cartlidge. Pic: PA

James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, stated he has obtained quite a lot of messages from impacted households and is urging the federal government to offer them an exemption.

“The government really needs to respond to this quickly.”

An MoD spokesperson stated: “We greatly value the contribution of our serving personnel and we provide the Continuity of Education Allowance to ensure that the need for the mobility of service personnel does not interfere with the education of their children.

“In step with how the allowance usually operates, the MoD will proceed to pay as much as 90% of personal college charges following the VAT adjustments on 1 January by uprating the present cap charges to consider any will increase in non-public college charges.”

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