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Army reservists are to get military pensions and healthcare benefits as part of a bid to increase numbers, the defence secretary has announced.
Philip Hammond said they would also get increased remuneration in a move designed to drive up reserve numbers from around 20,000 to 30,000 by 2018.
The government will spend £1.8bn over 10 years to transform the reserves, as part of a wider shake-up of UK forces.
Critics have warned it is an attempt to create "an army on the cheap".
The white paper proposals come nearly three years after the coalition said it would reduce regular Army numbers from 102,000 to 80,000.
Mr Hammond told the Commons that the changes were "key" to ensuring Britain has the military capability it needs in the coming years.
'Job is changing'Under the plans, reservists will be entitled to a day's paid leave for every eight they serve, meaning that overall they will get a "substantial percentage increase" in their remuneration, said Mr Hammond.
The MoD and the Army have both invested much time and energy working out how to make the best of a difficult financial situation.
The plans are ambitious and will require a change, not just in the structure of the Army, but also in the UK's attitudes to its reservists - not least the attitude of local communities and employers, whose support in this will be vital.
The government will offer financial incentives to smaller businesses, to encourage them to allow staff to join up. But the recession means that some may remain reluctant to employ staff who will need to spend more time in training and could be mobilised for at least one year in every five.
The changes could be seen as an opportunity to modernize and renew the Army for the 21st Century or as a recipe for uncertainty and demoralisation for regulars.
And companies that discriminate against staff who want to serve will be more open to action at employment tribunals.
Small firms employing part-time soldiers will also get an extra £500 per month when they are on deployment, the defence secretary added.
"The job we are asking our reservists to do is changing," said Mr Hammond.
"The way we organise and train them will also have to change."
The Territorial Army will be renamed the Army Reserve to better to reflect the future role, he said.
A number of reservist bases would be closed as part of the reorganisation.
Some £40m of investment in kit, such as night vision kit and helmet cameras, was being brought forward, he added.
A Ministry of Defence source described the plans as "a radical overhaul".
'See danger'In April, Tory MP Col Bob Stewart said the government was "trying to get as inexpensive an army as possible... an army on the cheap".
And speaking shortly before Mr Hammond's statement, he said the commitment businesses have to make to reservists could make it unworkable for small firms.
He said: "If you're a large organisation like British Aerospace or the Ministry of Defence itself or the civil service, it it might not be as big a problem but it's a much bigger problem when you go down in scale, so you go to a company of say 10, 15 people...
"It's my job as a member of parliament to even criticise sometimes my own government when I think there's a danger. I do see a danger."
The latest plans come as a result of the almost 8% cut to the MoD budget announced in 2010.
The MoD aims to reach its target of 82,000 regular soldiers by 2017, while the number of reservists is to increase from 15,000, in 2010, to 30,000 in 2018.
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