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Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
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Chair of the Public Accounts Committee highlighting concerns over the insulation scheme.
Notable Quotes
"The SFO investigation showed that the ECO4 scheme was looking increasingly like a 'charlatan's charter'."View Story →
"Very often... what people who have been wronged by the NHS want is a simple explanation and an apology, and their cases considered properly by the complaints procedure."View Story →
""It remains too difficult for consumers to contact companies when things go wrong, financial support is poorly promoted, while basic billing errors are pushing households further into debt.""View Story →
"the committee's scrutiny of royal leases will 'aid transparency in public-interest information, as part of its overall mission to secure value for money for the taxpayer.'"View Story →
"Both government and the BBC should seriously think about how the World Service's influence can be bolstered around the world, rather than risk its reach withering by degrees year on year."View Story →
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