MoD wastes £6.6bn on kit and supplies it does not need as it tries to save money by cutting troops

The Ministry of Defence is squandering billions of pounds on kit and supplies it does not need while trying to save money by getting rid of troops.

Military chiefs are wasting ‘unacceptable’ sums of taxpayers’ cash by buying and hoarding excess equipment, according to a scathing report today.

MPs on the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee found at least £6.6billion of stock was either unused or over-ordered.

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