Government to unveil £1.8 billion Territorial Army overhaul The change comes as part of the government's plan to grow the Territorial Army, which will be renamed the Army Reserve, from 19,000 to 30,000, as Regular forces shrink. Small firms which are often least able to lose staff to military service will receive hundreds of pounds in financial incentives. Employers will also be notified of the windows when their staff might be called up, allowing them to plan ahead. The Government has set aside £1.8 billion over the next decade to fund the expansion. Many within the Army have met the plan to overhaul the reserves with scepticism, questioning whether reservists will ever be able to fill the gap left by troop cuts, or whether employers will be willing to spare staff. General Sir Peter Wall, the Chief of the General Staff, earlier this year called on employers to help deliver a "cultural reset" that would change attitudes towards reservists. Julian Brazier MP said Britain lagged well behind other countries such as America in making use of reserve forces and said the government's plans were "an exciting package." More than 25,000 reservists have served in Iraq or Afghanistan in the past decade and 30 have been killed. A group of leading British employers writing in today's Telegraph said they would support the new plan. The group, which includes Edmund King, president of the AA, and Sir Mike Rake, chairman of BT, said: "We all benefit from the experience, skills and training that our reservist staff bring to their civilian places of work."