Defence chiefs spent more than £200 million of taxpayers’ money on travel and luxury stays for senior staff last year while troops lived in squalid conditions.
Figures released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that officers and civil servants stayed in five-star hotels often costing more than £300 a night.
The MoD spent almost £800 million on hotels and travel between 2018 and 2024 at locations such as the French Alps and Las Vegas.
In sharp contrast, the living conditions of troops in UK Armed Forces accommodation during the same period – some infested with vermin and harmful black mould – led to more than 60,000 complaints.
Meanwhile freedom of information requests obtained by The Mail on Sunday and National Security News revealed a huge leap in costs from £136 million in 2018 to £218 million by 2024 covering hotel accommodation, flights and travel by train and ferry.
