A bonfire of the vanities aka fire sale

The MoD is currently undertaking a review of the DIO model, on which it is due to report by April 2017, at the insistence of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee. The Army Basing Plan announcement by the Secretary of State on 5 March 2013, enabling the return from Germany and implementation of Army 2020, indicated that there would be a further announcement concerning other changes elsewhere in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) estate across the UK. Recent announcements, particularly that of the closure of Kneller Hall, has called into question whether "fire sales" are the best strategy. Vanity should not take precedence over the morale of our servicemen and women, and their families.