Sifting through the emails between the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) and the Valuation Office Agency (VAO) dealing with errors in the provisional finance settlement reveals an uncomfortable truth – that those involved seem more interested in remaining ‘blame free’ than in resolving the matter.
Someone, somehow got the numbers wrong.
It happens.
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