Ministry of Defence coy over taxpayer credit cards

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If I was a squadron leader of British troops in Afghanistan, I'd be hiding the newspapers today, after it was revealed that Ministry of Defence staff have been caning their Government procurement credit cards to the tune of £1 billion while around 12,000 troops are staring redundancy in the face.

Thanks to the Cabinet Office request that all Government departments reveal details of how many staff hold these cards and how much is spent on them, we've been getting a fair idea of the liberties that have been taken with the taxpayer-funded cards.

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