Thousands Of Troops Axed While Top Brass Run Up £157,000 Expenses Bill On Plush Hotels And Business-Class Travel -- Daily Mail
* Thousands of troops have been made redundant during army cuts
* Officers spent £157,000 on travel and hotels mostly to US and Canada
Top brass in the Ministry of Defence have enjoyed plush hotels and business-class travel as thousands of troops are axed to save money.
Military personnel spent £157,000 of taxpayers’ cash in three months on jaunts around the globe. The two-star officers lived the high life and charged the bill to the public.
The extraordinary details were slipped out late yesterday by the MoD, prompting claims it was trying to bury bad news.
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My Comment: Britain is not the only one who has a problem of Generals spending public money .... this retired Canadian general just claimed $72K in moving expenses when he moved from his old home to a new one a few blocks away.
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