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Post-attack uniform advice relaxed Wear your uniforms, PM tells forces
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Advice to armed forces personnel not to wear uniforms in public has been relaxed, the Ministry of Defence says. The prime minister has said the public want to see armed forces members in their uniforms - after advice to conceal them in public was relaxed.
A defence source had said advice to conceal uniforms was a "common sense" measure while the Woolwich attack investigation went on. A defence source had told the BBC the advice was a "common sense" step during the Woolwich attack investigation.
But the MoD said that after a review of the situation, a decision was taken to relax some precautions. But the advice was later relaxed following a review, said the MoD.
This included advice to personnel in London not to wear uniform outside defence establishments, it went on. In a message to forces personnel, David Cameron said: "The British public love our armed forces; they love them being in the public eye."