The pressures faced by the armed forces are driving away experienced personnel and damaging morale, MPs have warned.
The strain of operating at full capacity in Afghanistan and Iraq has left the services "deteriorating", a defence select committee report says.
Personnel do not get enough rest time, and budgets are spiralling out of control, its annual MoD report adds.
Defence minister Bob Ainsworth said the forces were achieving "our highest priority - success on operations".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7211901.stm
Monday, January 28, 2008
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