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The management of the C2 LEP was scathingly criticized by the [[Defence Select Committee]] on 15 March 2021.{{cite news |title=British tanks would be outgunned by Russian adversaries, MPs warn |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-03-14/british-tanks-would-be-outgunned-by-russian-adversaries-mps-warn |publisher=ITV plc |date=14 March 2021}} They said in a report entitled “Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability”,{{cite news |title=Report: Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/defence-committee/news/152744/report-obsolescent-and-outgunned-the-british-armys-armoured-vehicle-capability/ |publisher=UK Parliament |date=15 March 2021}} that “Despite having spent around 50% of the allocated budget (£800 million), the programme has yet to place a manufacturing contract. The programme has a current in-service date of 2024 (originally planned for 2017) and is some £227 million over budget. After a decade of effort, this abject failure to deliver against both cost, (with an overrun now totalling over a quarter of a billion pounds of public money) and timescale (ISD seven years late) is clearly totally unacceptable. Nevertheless, it is symptomatic of the extremely weak management of Army equipment programmes, by both [[Defence Equipment and Support]] and the [[Army Board]] itself, in recent years.”{{cite news |title=Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability: Conclusions and recommendations |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmdfence/659/65910.htm |publisher=parliament.uk |date=14 March 2021}} |
The management of the C2 LEP was scathingly criticized by the [[Defence Select Committee]] on 15 March 2021.{{cite news |title=British tanks would be outgunned by Russian adversaries, MPs warn |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-03-14/british-tanks-would-be-outgunned-by-russian-adversaries-mps-warn |publisher=ITV plc |date=14 March 2021}} They said in a report entitled “Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability”,{{cite news |title=Report: Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/defence-committee/news/152744/report-obsolescent-and-outgunned-the-british-armys-armoured-vehicle-capability/ |publisher=UK Parliament |date=15 March 2021}} that “Despite having spent around 50% of the allocated budget (£800 million), the programme has yet to place a manufacturing contract. The programme has a current in-service date of 2024 (originally planned for 2017) and is some £227 million over budget. After a decade of effort, this abject failure to deliver against both cost, (with an overrun now totalling over a quarter of a billion pounds of public money) and timescale (ISD seven years late) is clearly totally unacceptable. Nevertheless, it is symptomatic of the extremely weak management of Army equipment programmes, by both [[Defence Equipment and Support]] and the [[Army Board]] itself, in recent years.”{{cite news |title=Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability: Conclusions and recommendations |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmdfence/659/65910.htm |publisher=parliament.uk |date=14 March 2021}} |
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On 22 March 2021, [[Ben Wallace (politician)|Ben Wallace]] |
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