Govt attacked over delay of MAS report

Carmen Reichman
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The government has come under fire for delaying the publication of its report into the Money Advice Service (MAS), with some suggesting the report was deliberately hidden before the upcoming general election.

Consumer site MoneySavingExpert called on the Treasury to publish the report before a House of Lords debate on the service scheduled for 12 March. The report's author Christine Farnish said it had been submitted back in December and that she was "puzzled" by the delay of publication. She said it had undertaken "significant analysis" of available evidence and reached a "number of important conclusions". The government launched its independent review of the MAS on 30 May, responding to calls from the Treasury select committee (TSC) in the previous year. The probe looked at the eff...

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