The MPs said: “With the support of its allies, the UK’s armed forces continue to fulfil a crucial international role. MPs also renewed their criticism of the MoD’s procurement processes, saying that slow delivery of new systems had caused gaps in military capability. Year-on-year our committee has seen budget overruns and delays in defence procurement. “Ministers have lost control of the defence budget, failed to fix the ‘broken’ defence procurement system and wasted billions of pounds of public money. “We are ensuring that we have the largest defence budget in history, increasing spend and ensuring that we have the funding that we need to protect UK national interests.”

Source: The Times March 08, 2024 00:15 UTC