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Conservatives offer tax incentive as part of 50,000 reservist pledge
Key takeaways
- Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge said reservists with full-time jobs are "clobbered by the taxman for giving up their evenings and weekends".
- A Conservative government would make a reservist's first 30 days of service per financial year tax-free, with the policy paid for by money saved from reinstating the two-child benefit cap.
- Defence Minister Luke Pollard accused the Tories of leaving "recruitment and retention in crisis" after their 14 years in power.
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Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge said reservists with full-time jobs are "clobbered by the taxman for giving up their evenings and weekends".
A Conservative government would make a reservist's first 30 days of service per financial year tax-free, with the policy paid for by money saved from reinstating the two-child benefit cap.
Defence Minister Luke Pollard accused the Tories of leaving "recruitment and retention in crisis" after their 14 years in power.
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