Watchdog rebukes muddled Thames Gateway regeneration
Government attempts to regenerate the Thames Gateway, the biggest regeneration programme in western Europe, are being blighted by poor planning and rudderless leadership, according to the National Audit Office.
A damning report says ministers must moved quickly to improve programme management, "making its plans more coherent and ensuring that investment is better targeted and that risks are better identified and managed".
Although the government has spent £7bn in the area since 2003, the report finds that ministers still do not have "a single costed plan for the programme to join up local initiatives".
The authors recognise that the government has a vision for sustainable development in the area with a low carbon footprint, but add: "It has not yet translated these aspirations into clear objectives, built them into local strategies, or developed plans to achieve them."
Full story : Guardian
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Anyone know at what point the National Audit Office can become involved in a regeneration plan?
They might get involved if the council's decision to immediately sell their land to Liatris on the day that planning permission is granted rather than putting it on the open market with planning permission could be said not to be "best value" for the council tax payers of East Devon.
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