Commons committee is looking into how two ministers bypassed the advice of top civil servant to authorise the moneyA £3m taxpayer-funded grant to the troubled charity Kids Company is to be investigated by MPs,who said there were serious questions to be answered approximately the government’s relationship with the organisation.
The Commons public administration and constitutional affairs committee said it was an issue of specific concern that the emergency money was given against the advice of the Cabinet Office’s top civil servant, who requested an unusual “ministerial direction” before granting the money. Ministers Oliver Letwin and Matthew Hancock authorised the grant despite the warning.
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Source: theguardian.com