Brown Beats Retreat After Attack On Troops' Pay ; Gordon Brown Was Last Night Forced Into Making a Pledge to Increase Pay Levels for the Armed Forces After the Head of the Army Complained That New Recruits Are Paid Less Than Traffic Wardens.

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Gordon Brown was last night forced into making a pledge to increase pay levels for the armed forces after the head of the Army complained that new recruits are paid less than traffic wardens.

General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Chief of the General Staff, demanded above-inflation rises for troops to win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Brown Beats Retreat After Attack On Troops' Pay ; Gordon Brown Was Last Night Forced Into Making a Pledge to Increase Pay Levels for the Armed Forces After the Head of the Army Complained That New Recruits Are Paid Less Than Traffic Wardens.

Forces' families in the Westcountry say pay and welfare issues are always high on the agenda, but rising food and fuel prices have been hitting them hard.

Sir Richard ...

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