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Thursday, January 09, 2014

MOD spends £66 million on consultants as Armed Forces cut

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrierThe Ministry of Defence has nearly doubled its spend on consultants this year, while at the same time cutting the Armed Forces by thousands of personnel, figures show.

The latest MOD payroll figures show the department has spent £66 million on consultants so far in the financial year.

The figure is more than double the £25 million spent in the same period last year.

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