Britain Wasting Billions on Defence, Says Spending Watchdog

The Public Accounts Committee accused the Ministry of Defence of having a ‘broken’ system for procuring military equipment.

A British serviceman watches as a helicopter lands on the flight deck of UK Carrier Strike Groups HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Arabian Sea, off Mumbai coast on October 21, 2021. Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images

Billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money have been wasted as the Ministry of Defence continually fails to learn from its mistakes, the Commons spending watchdog has said.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published a highly critical report accusing the department of having a “broken” system for procuring military equipment.