Dominic Cummings seeks to launch MoD spending review Read moreNow it is reported that Dominic Cummings has set his sights on the MoD. Originally, the MoD had intended to order aircraft carriers with catapults and arrester gear, known as “cats and traps”. In conversations with me, many senior military figures have been critical of the aircraft carriers. Mark Francois, a member of the defence committee in the last parliament, has described the Astute project as a “disaster”. • Richard Norton-Taylor writes for the Guardian on defence and security and is the author of The State of Secrecy: Spies and the Media in Britain, published next month.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2019 15:47 UTC