MOD and Treasury clashed over helicopter deal

MOD and Treasury clashed over helicopter deal

The Ministry of Defence and the Treasury gave conflicting public signals over the £1 billion New Medium Helicopter contract with Leonardo earlier this year, a select committee member has said, in an exchange that exposed friction between the two departments over one of the government’s most prominent helicopter programmes. Putting the question to Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard, a committee member said the contract had b…