Military top brass live in taxpayer-funded posh pads with domestic servants while troops are forced to live in squalor

MILITARY Top Brass are living in taxpayer-funded luxury with domestic servants while troops are housed in squalor.

Army chief General Sir Nicholas Carter gets a £60,000-a-year home with two employees.

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Army chief General Sir Nicholas Carter lives in a £60,000-a-year home and has two domestic servants[/caption]

Navy First Sea Lord Sir Philip Jones lives for free in a London apartment costing £23,000 per year and also has two staff.

And the RAF’s Chief of the Air Staff Sir Stephen Hillier’s property has a similar arrangement.

The problem of squalid housing has been hitting morale. Servicemen and women have complained about mould, faulty heating ­systems and rats.

We told in February how 3,000 families won compensation for shoddy conditions in barracks and married quarters in 2½ years.

MoD papers show about 1,000 complaints a month are made. Some said conditions were so bad they made children ill. But compensation can be as little as £60.

Think-tank The Royal United Services Institute said last year military housing planning was “woefully short”.

A military source said housing was still the “number one issue” of concern to personnel.

The MoD said all allocated military homes meet the Government Decent Homes Standard.

It said costs were monitored to ensure value for the taxpayer, and some top appointments “require appropriate property and staff”.

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