Rishi Sunak personally intervenes to keep his VIP RAF helicopter rides by getting new defence secretary Grant Shapps to reverse decision to axe £40million contract

Дата публикации: 17-12-2023 12:07:51

Then defence secretary Ben Wallace announced in July the contract for two private helicopters was being axed. But the decision was reversed in September by his successor, Grant Shapps.

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