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"MoD Loses £3bn in Last Financial Year"

16th February 2015 at 2:58pm

Whitehall departments lost over £5 billion in the last financial year, with the Ministry of Defence accounting for more than half of that total, according to a report out today.

The pressure group Taxpayers' Alliance say its findings, which include the loss of £6 million for earplugs that weren't fit for purpose, expose the scale of inefficiency within government.

Geoff Meade reports.