"I am acutely aware of how hard British men and women work to pay their tax, an always-increasing amount. "All of us in Parliament must treat it with the utmost care. "I have committed a huge amount of time and energy to working on a cross-party basis in Westminster to deliver on a number of important campaigns. This is a continuation of that. "I won't shy away from asking the awkward questions, I promise you that."
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the PAC's chair, stated that the government's inaction suggests it is comfortable with the current state of local authority finances, perceiving issues as normalized.
