Mcconnell's Pounds1.7bn Sav Ings Claim 'Simply Fiddled Figures' Efficiency Review Was 'Triple-Counting'
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JACK McConnell's flagship review of efficient government grossly exaggerated the level of savings it would achieve and presented misleading figures to the public, MSPs said yesterday.
In a stinging report, Holyrood's finance committee said the first minister's plan for streamlining bureaucracy had triple-counted government savings over the next three years, claiming to save Pounds1.7bn for reuse in front line services by 2008, when the true figure was only Pounds745m.See the full content of this document
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Mcconnell's Pounds1.7bn Sav Ings Claim 'Simply Fiddled Figures' Efficiency Review Was 'Triple-Counting'
This gave the impression that the Scottish Executive was being as efficient as Whitehall in making savings across the public sector w...
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