Thursday, 31 October 2013

CLG Slammed For Not Reviewing New Homes Bonus

The CLG has been slammed for not assessing the impact of the New Homes Bonus two years into the scheme. The Public Accounts Committee, tasked with assessing the value for money of government policies, attacked the CLG for not carrying out an evaluation of the policy. CLG has yet to demonstrate the scheme, which will see £7.5 billion either granted or redistributed to councils by 2018/19, is funding homes in areas of housing need. The PAC report said: ‘We would have expected [CLG] to have planned a systematic evaluation from the outset…  Read the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations on the Parliament website.

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