Government under fire over series of shortcomings,including feeble rules governing related party commerce deals The government has reach under fire over a series of shortcomings in its oversight of academies, including a failure to address excessive salaries paid to senior staff and inadequate rules governing related party commerce transactions involving £120m of public money.
A hard-hitting report by MPs on the public accounts committee (PAC) said unjustifiably high salaries in academy trusts were depriving cash-strapped schools of vital funds for children’s education.
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Source: guardian.co.uk