Millions of taxpayers' cash 'fruitlessly' wasted in major Ministry of Defence blunder

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Taxpayers' money totalling more than £25million was wasted by the Ministry of Defence over the past year.This included botched equipment deliveries, bureaucratic mistakes, scrapped contracts and hotel rooms nobody used.The sum is more than double the annual average of £11million in so-called "fruitless" payments recorded between 2020 and 2024 and dwarfs the £9million wasted across the entire period from 2016 to 2019.Upon taking the role in July, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting pledged to ensure "every penny is spent wisely" at the MoD, a commitment he said mirrored his approach as health secretary.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The largest waste revealed in the freedom of information data secured by the SNP was £5.4million spent on "in-service support costs" for an unnamed MoD asset whose capability was later discontinued.A further £5million was lost when a contract to bring the minehunter HMS Bangor home from Bahrain on a heavy-lift ship was cancelled "for operational reasons."The...

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