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26 February 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

“For three months, there was no single person in charge at all” – business quote of the day

Margaret Hodge on the Westcoastmainlineshambles.

By Helen Roxburgh

“For three months, there was no single person in charge at all”

Margaret Hodge MP blames a “complete lack of common sense” over the tendering process for the West Coast Main Line franchise deal, which a report from the government’s spending watchdog says has cost the taxpayer £50m “at the very least”

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