Part-time soldiers or reservists need better training and support, a committee of MPs has warned. The Public Accounts Committee report said reservists were now being used at “unprecedented levels”. But it warned that the Reserve Forces were under-staffed, and some were not passing basic fitness tests. Among the report’s suggestions was cut-price gym membership to allow volunteers to reach “the necessary levels of fitness”. More than 12,000 reservists have served in Iraq since 2003 – and five have died on operations. The committee’s chairman, Tory MP Edward Leigh, said: “The Ministry of Defence cannot have it both ways. You cannot treat reservists as second-class members of the Armed Forces while demanding a first-class job from them.” Armed Forces minister Bob Ainsworth said he welcomed the report. “Since the committee last heard evidence a year ago, many of the report’s areas of concern have been addressed – particularly provisions for the welfare, training,...

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