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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The party said ministers would be forced to open their books to the forecasters, though any government wanting to disregard them could seek to reverse the legislation.

Still though, a step in the right direction. Not that it's hard to have stronger watchdogs than the Tory party. However I'd be more interested when we get back to the pre-2010 level of checks and balances against the government, because that was the first thing the Tories cut when they introduced austerity.