Oh my Darling
ON JUNE 11th the government said it would undertake a comprehensive 12-month review of every penny it spends. The announcement had all the impact of a pea-shooter on a Sherman tank. The review, called by Alastair Darling, the chief secretary to the Treasury, had been widely trailed. In any case, MPs will take some persuading that this review differs from, and is likely to be any more effective than, the often-ineffective reviews of spending undertaken by the previous government.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Oh my Darling”
From the June 14th 1997 edition
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