Whitehall departments write off £600m of taxpayers` cash as `fruitless spending`
(World News UK)

Government departments have written off £600 million of taxpayers` money as `fruitless spending` over the past decade, according to new figures. The sums include a £103 million loss on Chinook military helicopters which did not meet operational requirements in 2010/11, £89.3 million on compensation to contractors after the Flexible New Deal was scrapped the same year and £27 million in relation to an office move for the Communities...