https://news.sky.com/story/uks-abili...-warn-12921630
UK's ability to arm itself 'is broken' amid increasing security threats, MPs warn
The Ministry of Defence must admit its ability to arm the military is broken and urgently needs fixing at a time of growing security threats, a group of MPs has warned.…
"In short, it is broke - and it's time to fix it," a sub-committee of parliament's defence select committee said in a report published on Sunday following a six-month inquiry into defence procurement.
The MPs said they had "discovered a UK procurement system which is highly bureaucratic, overly stratified, far too ponderous, with an inconsistent approach to safety, very poor accountability and a culture which appears institutionally averse to individual responsibility"….
"The Ministry of Defence must finally admit, once and for all, that there is a real problem across UK defence procurement: the current system is indeed broken and multiple, successive reviews have not yet fixed it. With a major war now under way in Ukraine, now is the time to act," the MPs said.
Their report made 22 recommendations to fix the problem, including the need for the MoD to adopt a sense of urgency that has in the past enabled speedy, successful procurements in a crisis to become the norm.
It said the MoD needed a system that "places a much greater value on time, promotes a sense of urgency rather than institutional lethargy, and prevents endless 'requirements creep' by our own military".
The Ministry of Defence denied the allegations.….
https://publications.parliament.uk/p...9/summary.html
https://committees.parliament.uk/pub...99247/default/