Liam Fox says MoD has to accept share of blame for depth of cuts

Defence secretary reveals there had been a 'complete breakdown of trust' between the military and the rest of Whitehall

The Ministry of Defence has to accept a share of the blame for the depth of cuts to the military budget that have led to thousands of redundancies, the defence secretary, Liam Fox, has said.

In his first interview this year, Fox revealed that there had been a "complete breakdown of trust" between the military and the rest of Whitehall over ballooning costs, and that this had hampered his efforts to protect the defence budget.   Read More

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