Clive Barracks: MP says soldiers are living in converted shipping containers

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One of the MP’s constituents from the base, said: “The quality of the accommodation is despicable. Ministers wouldn’t want to live in conditions like that.”

The person, whose identity we have agreed not to reveal, claimed there were only two or three washing machines between 40 personnel, and not enough room in the new units for personal kit.

“We don’t ask for much, just the basics: clean and everything working”, they added.

The claims have been put to the MoD for comment.

Mrs Morgan has raised the issue of military accommodation several times since her election in 2021, external, raising issues at the barracks in Tern Hill and at RAF Shawbury.

The Liberal Democrat MP told MPs in the Commons: “The recent cases of rat-infested rooms and soldiers living in shipping containers at Tern Hill are utterly appalling.

There needs to be immediate action to sort this situation out.”

Mrs Morgan has asked James Cartlidge, minister for defence procurement, if he could offer reassurance that service personnel would have “somewhere appropriate to live in the near future”.

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