British Defence chiefs spend over 50 MILLION pounds on VIPs

At a time when 11,000 British troops, many of whom are fighting in Afghanistan, face being made redundant, British Defence chiefs have blown more than £50MILLION hosting VIPs since operations began in Afghanistan.

Civil servants and officers splashed the cash entertaining MPs, Ministers and councillors at lunches, barbecues and lavish black-tie balls.

And foreign bigwigs and their partners are wined and dined on the Navy's ships when they dock at ports around the world.

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