Capita's Army recruitment slammed as taxpayer rip-off

Capita’s Army recruitment has been slammed by Labour for “failing on every measure”.

Speaking ahead of Armed Forces day, Labours Shadow Defence Secretary, Nia Griffith vowed to axe the deal with the outsourcing giant over its failures to find enough people to join the Forces – The Mirror reports.

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She said: “Capita’s recruitment contract is failing on every measure. It is not doing its basic job of recruiting more people to the Army and it is ripping off the taxpayer too.

“The next Labour government will take this failing contract back in house and guarantee a better deal for recruits and taxpayers alike.”