An internal report has revealed that the UK armed forces believe taxpayers' money is being wasted by the Ministry of Defence and not providing vital, basic supplies.

According to the survey, which had to be published under the Freedom of Information Act and was included on page five of the "MoD Internal Communications Survey", only one in seven of the military believes that the £30 billion defence budget is being spent wisely.

Some 3.3 per cent of the 1,600 personnel surveyed strongly agreed that they are looked after by the MoD.

Nicholas Soames, the shadow defence secretary, said: "This survey shows that members of the armed forces agree that the way the MoD spends money is positively incontinent."