"The MOD has a long history of holding too much stock of the wrong type, and of shortages of key items needed on deployed operations," he said. "We believe that an estimated £1.7 billion could be saved across government if all departments matched the level of staff reductions achieved by the DWP, HMRC and the MOD" Leigh said. He added it was "high time that departments subjected suppliers to the public sector to the same pressures that those suppliers face in business". Full Article at ePolitix