MoD under fire for spending almost £13m on hire cars for staff

Unite union criticises excessive' figure while Labour says Tory waste' letting down taxpayers

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has come under fire after revelations that it has spent almost 13m on hire cars for staff this year.

A freedom of information (FoI) request by PA Media also showed that the Department for Transport spent more than 1.1m in the year to October, while other departments have spent tens of thousands of pounds. The total figure from responses to the FoI request was more than 14.2m.