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Scrutinising the cost of party policies; a good idea in principle but…

Robert Chote By Robert Chote Filed Under: Westminster Watch, Whitehall Watch Posted: October 22, 2013

Recently in Manchester three key national figures discussed how to improve the scrutiny of how British government spends its money: Margaret Hodge MP (Lab), chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Bernard Jenkin MP (Con), chair of the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC); and Robert Chote, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The session […]

Tagged With: accountability, chote, independent, manifesto, OBR, policies, public spending, robert, scrutiny, Whitehall

Democracy Demands: Show Us The Money!

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: June 16, 2009

In the film Jerry Maguire, Cuba Gooding Jr. famously demands of his Agent Maguire (Tom Cruise) that he “show me the money”. The message (in context) is simple – no amount of smooth talking from his Agent is good enough – Gooding’s character wants to see the actual money. This is a good lesson to […]

Tagged With: government, policies, public services, spending

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