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| Projects will always be over-budget if managed retrospectively |
| A Public Accounts Committee report warns that poor data & increasing complexity are undermining Parliament's ability to hold the Government to account. It also finds there are ‘too many examples’ of departmental Accounting Officers allowing projects & initiatives such as funding to the charity Kids Company ‘to proceed unchallenged, despite strong evidence of poor value for money’. The Committee describes a lack of cost & performance data across government as a long-standing problem, weakening the ability of Accounting Officers "to hold delivery bodies to account and intervene effectively where required". |
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PC&PE: New measures needed to safeguard scrutiny of public spending The art of spending public money wisely This is a familiar theme over the years Accountability to Parliament for taxpayers’ money Eurostar sell-off raises concerns over handling of public assets Kids Company: Committee calls for overhaul of grant-funding system Government creates new body to help manage and deliver major projects for UK economy |
