The UK defence ministry is accused of wasting £ 13 billion on failed equipment projects over the pas

Original title: the UK Department of defense is accused of wasting £ 13 billion on failed equipment projects over the past 10 years
The British opposition labour party recently released a 16 page "waste file", accusing the Ministry of defense of serious waste and wasting a staggering 13 billion pounds on a series of failed or delayed equipment projects in the past 10 years. According to the Labour Party, since the current defense secretary Ben Wallace took office in 2019, the amount wasted is £ 4 billion, enough to build four new type 45 destroyers for the Royal Navy.

The current Secretary of defense, Ben Wallace.
It is reported that the British Ministry of defense recently complained that the capital "black hole" was as high as 17.4 billion pounds. The manpower and tank forces of the British army will be reduced. For example, by 2025, the manpower of the army will be reduced to 72500, and the number of tanks will be reduced from 227 to 148, a third.
However, the "waste file" released by the labour party lists 67 "waste" cases since 2010. The money lost includes £ 4.8 billion of cancellation of contracts, £ 5.6 billion of project overruns and £ 2.5 billion of cancellation of investments.
The labour party believes that the lost money can fill a considerable part of the "black hole" of the Ministry of defense funds.

The Labour Party said that since the current defense secretary Ben Wallace took office in 2019, the amount wasted was £ 4 billion, enough to build four new type 45 destroyers for the Royal Navy.
The Labour Party said that since the current defense secretary Ben Wallace took office in 2019, the amount wasted was £ 4 billion, enough to build four new type 45 destroyers for the Royal Navy.
Of the amount spent, £ 5.7 million was used to purchase earplugs for persons who were later found to be unfit for military operations.
The Labour Party's "waste file" believes that the waste identified in 2019-2020 alone (£ 406 million) can almost pay to maintain a high level of tank numbers (£ 430 million).
Other cases found in the file from public resources include:
The construction of Mensa nuclear warhead facility near reading exceeded £ 1 billion;
The attack submarine programme exceeded £ 1 billion;
The "protector" UAV project overspent £ 325 million;
The cost of new nuclear submarine core facilities in Derby exceeded 333 million pounds;
Cancel the modernization plan of the £ 595 million "warrior" armored fleet;
Write off previously deployed land vehicles, including mastiff, Ridgeback and wolfhound armoured vehicles, at a cost of £ 231 million;
Last year, the National Office of automatic control (NAO) called the military's equipment plan "affordable" for the fourth consecutive year, including projects from jet fighters to frigates.
It is reported that although the Ministry of defense estimates that the funding gap is 7.3 billion pounds, it may be as high as 17.4 billion pounds in the worst case.

Shadow Defense Secretary John Healy.
John Healy, the shadow defense secretary, said that the Defense Department was a "unique and failed Department", but the ministers did not take serious measures to ensure the value of taxpayers' money. He said that waste on this scale was "totally unacceptable" and that the Ministry of defense was failing the British army and British taxpayers.
Text / Nandu reporter Chen Lin