Petition · past parliament

Stop the government denying military personnel automatic incremental pay rises.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Military personnel from all three Armed Forces are prepared to sacrifice their lives through service to their country. Incremental pay increases for long service and automatic promotion somewhat counterbalance the sheer inconvenience of military life; some spend up to 9 months a year away from home.
All three Services are short-manned, most units around the country struggle to maintain a high operational output with gapped billets. The MOD risk losing highly trained and motivated personnel if the next SDSR moves to stop incremental pay increases. Military pensions have already been reduced as well as thousands of jobs lost. The government is spending billions on new equipment but risk not being able to operate it effectively without retaining a pool of highly trained and motivated people.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

7 Nov 2015 Petition opened for signatures
11 Nov 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Nov 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.