By Tony Collins
“Just answer the question ... please!”
Rarely has any chair of the Public Accounts Committee pleaded so frequently with a permanent secretary not go round the houses when answering questions.
Margaret Hodge’s irritation was obvious on Tuesday at a hearing of the Committee into a National Audit Office report on the Universal Credit IT-based programme: Universal Credit: early progress.
“Just answer the question ... please!”
Rarely has any chair of the Public Accounts Committee pleaded so frequently with a permanent secretary not go round the houses when answering questions.
Margaret Hodge’s irritation was obvious on Tuesday at a hearing of the Committee into a National Audit Office report on the Universal Credit IT-based programme: Universal Credit: early progress.
