Taxpayers will get better value for money under Labour proposals to ask a watchdog to scrutinise how well the Government is spending their cash, the shadow chancellor will announce.
Anneliese Dodds is set to use a major speech to give a “cast-iron commitment” to delivering value for money for the British people if her party enters power.
Under the plan, the National Audit Office would annually assess how well the Government is spending money. The Treasury would then have to implement the recommendations.
But the Government said a “rigorous spending control framework” is already in place.
Ms Dodds will outline the proposal as she becomes the first woman to deliver the prestigious annual Mais lecture to the Business School at City University, London, on Wednesday evening.
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