Called to Account by Dame Margaret Hodge
A jaw-dropping account of wasted money by successive governments - revelations which will shock (and appeal) right across the political spectrum.
The only figure in public life making a robust moral case for the honest payment of tax is Margaret Hodge -- Zoë Williams * Guardian *
She's a bit like a tarantula: you don't want to become intimate with it but you admire its danger and grace -- Anonymous Conservative member of the Public Accounts Committee
She is fearless, feisty, sharp as a tack and at the top of her game -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times *
A shocking exposé of corporate misbehaviour and government waste, it has not had the attention it deserves -- Chris Mullin * Observer *
She's a bit like a tarantula: you don't want to become intimate with it but you admire its danger and grace -- Anonymous Conservative member of the Public Accounts Committee
She is fearless, feisty, sharp as a tack and at the top of her game -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times *
A shocking exposé of corporate misbehaviour and government waste, it has not had the attention it deserves -- Chris Mullin * Observer *
Dame Margaret Hodge DBE PC MP is a British Labour politician, who has served as Member of Parliament for Barking since 1994. She was a minister in both the Blair and Brown governments, serving as first Minister for Children and Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349142012 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349142017 |
| Title | Called to Account |
| Author | Dame Margaret Hodge |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2017-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Parliamentary Book Awards: Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian 2016 (UK) |
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