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Defence Reform Act 2014

9.A green paper on reserve forces (Future Reserves 2020: Delivering the Nation’s Security Together, Cmd 8475) was published in November 2012. The reform of DE&S was the subject of a major report by Bernard Gray(2) (the current head of DE&S) that was published in October 2009. The need for reform was confirmed by Lord Levene in his review of the structure and management of the MOD, which was published in June 2011. Single source contracting was the subject of an independent report by Lord Currie of Marylebone published in October 2011 (Review of Single Source Pricing Regulation). A white paper on DE&S reform and single source contracting (Better Defence Acquisition: Improving how we Procure and Support Defence Equipment, Cm 8626) was published on 10 June 2013, and a white paper on reserves reform (Reserves in the Future Force 2020: Valuable and Valued, Cm 8655) was published on 3 July 2013.

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