The Tories’ were today urged to “get a grip” on key defence equipment programmes after costs rocketed by £9billion in just one year.
Research revealed experts had doubts over whether a raft of major military projects could be delivered on time and on budget.
The analysis of the Government Major Projects Portfolio comes as Rishi Sunak prepares to fly to Lithuania on Tuesday for a crunch NATO summit which will be dominated by the alliance’s support for Ukraine.