Calls for reform of MoD procurement after ‘damning’ review of Ajax project

Tory backbenchers and opposition united in criticism of programme to build new fighting vehicle

A “root and branch reform” of how Britain buys military equipment is needed after a “damning” report into a multimillion pound programme to build the army’s new Ajax fighting vehicle, parliament has been told.

Anger at the fiasco united the opposition and the government’s own backbench MPs on Thursday after the release of a review into the project, which has been running for 12 years.