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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British MoD save money by paying 22 pounds for a light bulb

At a time when hundreds of British troops fighting in Afghanistan face being made redundant, British Defence chiefs pay £22 EACH for 65p lightbulbs, Army documents seen by The Sun newspaper have revealed.

Dim MoD bosses incredibly also pay £103 each for SCREWS.

The shocking waste is revealed as 11,000 of Our Boys and Girls face the sack, and ships and planes are scrapped, to plug a £38billion deficit.

The public money spent on lightbulbs represents a mark-up of more than 3,000 PER CENT on their true retail value. 

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MoD seeks toy-size spy drones for Afghanistan

Contract available worth up to £20m to supply up to 100 miniature drones to improve battlefield surveillance...

Swarms of miniature drones, weighing as little as 200gm (7oz) each, are being sought by the British Ministry of Defence for rapid deployment to improve battlefield surveillance in Afghanistan.

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