Kate is a Senior Trends Reporter at HuffPost UK, covering the day's most compelling stories. She has worked in the national news since she became a qualified journalist and was previously a reporter with Express.co.uk
The current helicopter deal was set to end this year and another five-year contract was put out to tender, but Heaney has already scrapped it in one of his first major acts as the new defence secretary.Starmer’s official spokesperson said: “The decision to not renew the tender process for that contract has been taken to ensure that the government is getting value for money for taxpayers.
His decision was surprising at the time, considering the intense public scrutiny he faced for consistently choosing expensive transport methods for short-haul journeys.once to go to Southampton, to make an announcement about the NHS – which would have taken an hour and a half by train and cost £30 for a return ticket.
“Given the sacrifices the British people will have to make as a result of the last government, it’s only right that this service is brought to an end. “Our new government is putting politics back in the service of working people and getting a grip of the public finances.”They added: “It tells you everything that, on top of the £22bn black hole that the Tories were blowing in the public finances, Rishi Sunak’s priority was keeping his VIP helicopter service.”to reform the government in a speech on Tuesday, promising there would be “no more politics of performance, papering over the cracks, or division and distraction.
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