BFBS Radio Sitrep

Some soldiers are turning to food banks, or looking for second jobs, as they try to cope with soaring bills and prices.

Sitrep talks to the Army’s most senior soldier about how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting the men and women he represents, as he appeals to those struggling to speak up and explains what help the service can give.

Inflation has also effectively wiped billions of pounds out of the MoD’s spending power, so what will that mean for the planned update to the UK’s military master plan?

And we visit Oman where a new thirty-million-pound hub for UK forces is growing rapidly.