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Government horse tram decision 'a slap in the face to Tynwald'

Broadcast on:
02 Oct 2023

Government's decision to spend funds approved for work on the horse tramway elsewhere is 'a slap in the face to Tynwald'.

That's from the chair of the Public Accounts Committee, after its annual report criticised the Council of Minister's decision to descope the horse trams without seeking a vote in the Island's parliament.

The scrutiny body is calling for such a vote to be mandatory in similar situations in the future.

The PAC has also raised concerns over government's decision to stop publishing is unaudited accounts, as Juan Watterson explains to Manx Radio's Sian Cowper: