The Ministry of Defence has said it will investigate claims by the Sunday Times that arms firms call on retired senior military officers to lobby the government for multi-million pound arms deals.
The investigation by the paper saw a fictitious lobbying company contact the “generals for hire”, and secretly filmed them as they boasted about their ability to influence senior figures inside the government, including the prime minister.
The Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond denied the claims and said to the BBC that military equipment was "procured in the interests of the armed forces and not in the interests of retired personnel".
"Former military officers have no influence over what MoD contracts are awarded," he said.
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