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Ministers are ploughing 1.3bn into army recruitment to bolster the UK's depleted armed forces and tackle a crisis of staff retention.
The Armed Forces Recruitment Service is set to launch in 2027 and will replace individual schemes run by the Royal Navy, British Army, and RAF.
The new programme aims to turn the tide on the growing recruitment crisis plaguing Britain's Armed Forces.
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