TROOPS will notice the difference in their wage packets from the end of the month following the largest salary rise for the Armed Forces in nearly a decade. Army Pay Colonel Philip Bassingham-Searle predicted the 2.9 per cent award would be welcomed -providing a healthy boost to earnings despite escalating living costs. He said soldiers will see a hike in their next wage slips, adding: "The figure compares favourably with wider UK wage growth and against the current rate of inflation."
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