Whitehall claims about the key Redmond Review recommendation do not cut the mustard, writes the assistant director of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. “I help to support the establishments I have mentioned--they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there” – Ebenezer Scrooge I think it’s safe to say that the final announcements to come out of the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government for 2020 were a bit of a mixed bag. Despite the heroic efforts of the local government sector over the year to combat Covid-19, it would seem that government largely ignored our Christmas wishes and put us on the collective naughty list.