Chairman of the Treasury Committee (TC) Andrew Tyrie has again called for the abolition of the Money Advice Service (MAS), in a series of letters published on 30 November.
Tyrie (pictured) wrote to chancellor George Osborne on 6 November saying the committee "remains concerned" that the independent review into the service currently underway does not address whether or not the MAS should continue to exist. Tyrie had previously written to the Chancellor asking for the question of the abolition of the MAS to be "the first question asked" by the review, saying "a review which is not able to consider this question falls far short of what is needed". The government launched its independent review into the MAS at the end of May responding to calls from the Tre...
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