The Ministry of Defence came under fire from a parliamentary committee yesterday for buying billions of pounds worth of equipment that it does not need.
Between 2009 and 2011, the MoD bought £1.5 billion worth of supplies more than it used, the Commons Public Accounts Committee found.
The cross-party committee of MPs found the department was "wasting significant amounts of public money" and urged it to sell off supplies, with a total value of £3.4bn, which it has identified as appropriate for disposal.
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