The British armed forces are 17,000 below their official establishment strength, according to MoD statistics for July 2026, as the ten-year Capita recruitment outsourcing contract nears its end and the MoD prepares to bring recruitment functions back in-house — a transition military analysts describe as carrying significant short-term risk.
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