Friday, 19 October 2018

Civil servants acted to stop watchdog's checks on Carillion projects

Civil servants acted to stop watchdog's checks on Carillion projects Officials working for Jeremy Hunt lobbied to alter oversight of failing hospital schemes

Civil servants working for Jeremy Hunt successfully lobbied the Cabinet Office to stop failing Carillion hospital projects from being overseen by an independent watchdog, an official report has disclosed.

A National Audit Office report said the Department of Health intervened in 2015, which meant the Cabinet Office took responsibility for oversight of Carillion’s health construction projects including the Midland Metropolitan hospital. Hunt was health secretary at the time. The Guardian

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