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Recommendation 23
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Acknowledged
The Permanent Secretary to the Treasury has written to us stating the Government will review...
Recommendation
The Permanent Secretary to the Treasury has written to us stating the Government will review the arrangements for such policies ahead of future announcements. Given the potential opportunity for disruption that this unauthorised leak could have caused, the Government should investigate how this policy came to be leaked prior to the Budget, and should publicise its findings. (Paragraph 138) Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 47
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The government acknowledges the Committee's concern regarding the leak of the National Living Wage announcement and states it will conduct a review of handling arrangements ahead of future announcements.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
On the announcement of the National Living Wage, I note the Committee’s concern and the government will conduct a review of handling arrangements ahead of future announcements.
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