Keir Starmer (L) has cracked down on one of Rishi Sunak's privileges – VIP helicopters
Labour has cancelled Rishi Sunak’s £40m VIP helicopter contract, according to reports.
As first reported by the Guardian and The Sun, PM Keir Starmer and his defence secretary John Healey have dropped the “grossly wasteful” service.
But former Tory defence secretary Ben Wallace later insisted he had cancelled it over a year ago.
The current helicopter deal was set to end this year and another five-year contract was put out to tender, but Heaney has already scrapped it in one of his first major acts as the new defence secretary.
Senior Tory ministers used to........