Labour vows to let National Audit Office scrutinise state spending
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from on (#5CRAG)
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds guarantees' value for money spending to rebuild voter trust
Anneliese Dodds will pledge on Wednesday that a future Labour government would give a cast-iron guarantee of value for money to voters by insisting on outside scrutiny of the effectiveness of its spending.
The shadow chancellor will use the prestigious Mais lecture to commit a future Keir Starmer-led administration to outside scrutiny by the National Audit Office (NAO) as part of an attempt to rebuild trust with voters who deserted the party at the 2019 election.
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