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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sean Rayment

Over 18,000 troops are victims of bullying at work - yet 90% won't speak out

More than 18,000 members of the armed forces say they have been bullied, harassed or discriminated against at work, appalling MoD figures show.

Over 2,000 of those were women who said they had been sexually harassed, says a 2022 Ministry of Defence survey – 14% of all serving females.

Worryingly, 90% of the 18,000 traumatised victims never made an official complaint, as they believed nothing would be done or it would harm their career.

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