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colonel richard kemp colonel richard kemp primary menu skip to content home articles video about bookings contact search for labour s delay in fixing our troops wretched housing is a foolish betrayal article published in the daily telegraph 17 july 2026 richard kemp it s a familiar story to those of us who have served in the armed forces when money is tight which it always is the first thing to be sacrificed is accommodation and welfare facilities for our troops and their families that s why for many decades the standard of housing both for single soldiers in barracks and married personnel in their ministry of defence provided houses has very often been woeful despite government pledges to improve the quality of housing the same thing s happening again to help fund the new defence investment plan the mod intends to deprive a homes refurbishment programme of hundreds of millions of pounds that will delay by years the work that is needed to make many homes habitable instead of relocating cash from the welfare budget overseas aid and net zero fantasyland the government is forcing the very troops that it relies on to defend this country to help foot the bill for the equipment they need to fight with i know just how damaging poor accommodation standards can be to military morale my battalion lived in a barracks in cambridgeshire that had been run down for many years with almost nothing spent on modernisation and refurbishment walls were crumbling houses were inundated with black mould the heating and hot water boilers broke down all the time in the depths of winter soldiers and their families shivered in their barracks and houses for days while waiting for a poorly funded maintenance system to kick in when we moved out of that barracks for a posting to northern ireland the place became a holding centre for illegal immigrants but before they could move in it had to be extensively refurbished at vast expense what was good enough for the men and women defending our country was evidently nowhere near good enough for people who had broken into the country unlawfully that showed the troops how much they were valued by their government the londonderry barracks we ended up in was little better impressive stalactites hung from leaky water pipes vermin was rife more invite richard kemp your name your email your message optional this form uses akismet to reduce spam learn how your data is processed δ recent posts starmer is determined to embarrass britain in front of all of nato 23 june 2026 article published in the daily telegraph 26 june 2026 richard for all the bravado from the pm this was hardly the d day land ings 15 june 2026 article published in the daily mail 15 june 2026 richard dan jarvis has disgraced himself and let our troops down 12 june 2026 article published in the daily telegraph 12 june 2026 richard ukraine is close to cutting putin s supply lines to crimea 11 june 2026 article published in the daily telegraph 9 june 2026 richard it will take iran decades to recover from this war 9 april 2026 article published in the daily telegraph 9 april 2026 richard rescue mission demonstrates america s unique capabilities 6 april 2026 article published in the daily express 6 april 2026 richard iran has miscalculated disastrously 2 april 2026 article published in the daily telegraph 2 april 2026 richard trump can still topple the iranian regime if he is prepared to gamble 30 march 2026 article published in the daily telegraph 27 march 2026 richard see all posts videos hamas deception plan 6 december 2023 see all videos book buy this book on amazon navigation home articles video about bookings contact facebook video col richard kemp s plenary address at ict s 10th annual conference book meet richard kemp