money was still being spent on the Armed Forces by the previous Government
but often so late that the costs had gone up and it was money we hadn't got.
Dannatt said a couple of years ago that we had tanks and MLRS that we didn't need. Swiss Des was said to be furious when he found out about the Lynx in Germany that were stuff all use anywhere else.
Yes the MOD has been profligate with spending plans.
Creating Defence Training Estate as a centralised organisation that would save money didn't it just created a larger HQ and reduced the previous organisations not an inch.