MoD buys art while essentials are cutDefence chiefs have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on art while troops face equipment shortages in war zones and decrepit housing at home.
Critics say that as the Armed Forces put their lives on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan, taxpayers' money is wasted on "frivolous projects".
Eyrie, one of four paintings by Louise Cattrell bought by the Ministry of Defense
In 2004/05, MoD civil servants bought a set of paintings by Zil Hoque called Nimbus I, II, III, IV at a cost of £160,000. They also bought a set of four paintings by Louise Cattrell - Eyrie, Aerial, Tempest and Keep - that cost £72,000, all excluding VAT. The following financial year, the department spent almost £53,000 simply on maintaining its art collection. Since the beginning of the Iraq war, officials have bought 3,150 chairs for £1,000 each and 134 widescreen televisions costing £348,000.Since 2005 the MoD has also wasted £7.7 million by losing spare parts in transit.Gen Sir Mike Jackson, the former head of the Army, wrote recently that spending on modern art demonstrated the "cultural divide" at the MoD.SOURCE
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