The slow resupply of the British army sparked criticism in the House of Commons, the Daily Mail wrote on March 9.
The reason for the criticism was the information that recruiting recruits could take many months.
The British authorities are said to have contracted the Capita company to recruit personnel for the army. When he was tasked with recruiting 9.8 thousand people, only 5 thousand were accepted.
“It’s a complete disaster. Not only are assigned tasks not completed, but the process itself takes too long. And motivated people aren’t going to sit idle for months, they say, “I can go get a job and make money somewhere else.”“,” Labor MP John Spellar criticized the situation.
Conservative MP Mark Francois said applications are being made to join the military, but not everyone is enlisting.
“After being fooled for six months or a year, they just walk away.”– Francois complained.
In his opinion, the British army’s problems with recruiting personnel will “mock” Putin and undermine its capabilities in the future.
It is observed that the massive departure of soldiers from the army aggravates the problem. In 2023, 16 thousand people were discharged from the British armed forces and 10.6 thousand entered service. Staff shortages are felt in many units. In some of them, for every three people laid off, there is one newcomer.
It should be noted that it was previously reported that the British army plans to reduce the level of requirements when recruiting citizens of foreign countries. To achieve this, it was decided to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in order to fully staff the army. Currently, the strength of the British army is about 77 thousand people.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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