MPs warn against 'rewarding failure' of HMRC boss

The Revenue's new chief executive, Lin Homer, presided over the UKBA whilst it controversially allowed thousands of people into the country without proper checks between 2008 and 2011. Her appointment in December 2011 has prompted MPs to warn against "rewarding failure" at government departments, the Telegraph reports. Despite this, Homer has received the backing of Chancellor George Osborne. Homer, who will be paid a £180,000 salary, was in charge of the UKBA when the agency failed to check the details of hundreds of thousands of people let into Britain. The failure was heavily...