Telegraph
The morale of Royal Marines serving on the front line in Afghanistan has plummeted after a £3,000 allowance was deducted from their wages following a “dreadful blunder” by Royal Navy administrators.
The revelation will come as an acute embarrassment for Tony Blair, who only last week was photographed among Royal Marines as he promoted Britain’s strategy in the Taliban-ravaged country.
Politicians and Navy chiefs were so concerned over the impact of the wage cut that they sent extra human resources staff to Afghanistan to inform more than 1,000 commandos affected by the error.
The Marines had been told they could receive up to £17 extra a day as a special allowance for being on overseas operations during the six-month operation.
But they were misled and the Ministry of Defence has now refused to pay the extra £3,000 the men had been promised.
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