West Coast franchise debacle will cost more than £50m
26th February 2013
AN IMPORTANT Parliamentary committee has slammed the handling of the West Coast Main Line franchise issue by the Department for Transport as displaying a "complete lack of common sense". The Public Accounts Committee warned that the cost to taxpayers could be considerably more than the £50m that has been estimated. The committee accused the department of making "fundamental errors".In a damning indictment of the Government’s handling of the affair, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, said: "If you factor......for the full story register now for free or login below...





Another triumph for civil servants, the scourge of the UK economy for decades.
Michael Blank