Follow The Money: A History Of The Audit Commission
by Duncan Campbell-Smith /
2008 / English / EPUB, Mobipocket
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Most books on politics and government take a view from the top
down. They focus on the individuals and institutions that set
policies in place and make the laws. But how are these policies and
laws translated into action on the ground, where their success or
failure helps determine the day to day running of schools and
hospitals, police forces and councils? This is the much less
familiar territory explored by "Follow The Money".It tells the
story of the men and women responsible for keeping track of the
money spent locally on public services since the early 1980s. What
emerges is a rare behind-the-scenes account of the political world
in which central government edicts come up against the reality of
how things are made to happen at the grass roots. "Follow The
Money" shows how the Commission has taken over 25 years to
transform the management of public services, including the NHS,
while mediating in an often tense relationship between central and
local government from the Thatcher era to the years of New Labour.
The result, encompassing a string of scandals and battles between
town hall and Whitehall, is a compelling narrative for which an
accounting qualification is most certainly not required.
Most books on politics and government take a view from the top
down. They focus on the individuals and institutions that set
policies in place and make the laws. But how are these policies and
laws translated into action on the ground, where their success or
failure helps determine the day to day running of schools and
hospitals, police forces and councils? This is the much less
familiar territory explored by "Follow The Money".It tells the
story of the men and women responsible for keeping track of the
money spent locally on public services since the early 1980s. What
emerges is a rare behind-the-scenes account of the political world
in which central government edicts come up against the reality of
how things are made to happen at the grass roots. "Follow The
Money" shows how the Commission has taken over 25 years to
transform the management of public services, including the NHS,
while mediating in an often tense relationship between central and
local government from the Thatcher era to the years of New Labour.
The result, encompassing a string of scandals and battles between
town hall and Whitehall, is a compelling narrative for which an
accounting qualification is most certainly not required.