Some readers would have been gripped by the recent BBC drama series Undercover, in which a defence lawyer tries to finally uncover the truth of an old miscarriage of justice.
This determined search for the truth reminded Diary of its friends at the National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises public spending for Parliament.
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