MoD spends £44 million a year renting empty homes across the UK

‘The Ministry of Defence is spending more than £44million a year renting thousands of properties across Britain that stand empty.
Officials say it needs to keep homes available for servicemen and women with families returning from overseas postings, such as in Germany.
But nearly half of the properties – 4,623 – have been empty for more than 12 months.
They include 85 in the constituency of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in Uxbridge, west London, which have stood vacant for 20 years.’
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