| A highly decorated senior SAS commander, who masterminded a deadly campaign against the Taliban, has resigned from the Army amid claims that defence cuts are hitting morale. Senior officers have warned that many more high calibre officers are expected to resign in the coming months especially if the Continuity of Education Allowance – which pays for a proportion of boarding school fees for service families – is cut. An anonymous general officer said, "To focus solely on the cost of CEA is to miss the issue. The issue is how is to retain quality people despite the lack of stability in our lives." |