Margaret Hodge Articles

We need an approach that places the user at the fore of all decisions on who should provide a service, argues Margaret Hodge MP – and that starts we these four reforms The collapse of Carillion will impact on service users, workers and the taxpayer. The government...

When she was elected chair of the public accounts committee, Margaret Hodge did not expect her work to be especially exciting. And when I began her book about that work, I was not expecting a thrill a minute either. Thankfully, we were both pleasantly surprised. As...

We need more women leaders —The Fawcett Society, together with the Local Government Information Unit, has launched a commission to look at the role of women in local government. We want to examine women’s participation in local government as councillors, leaders and...

Five years ago I would have thought a double Irish would have been a potent drink and a Dutch sandwich a nice snack in the Netherlands. My innocence was shattered on the rollercoaster ride as the public accounts committee uncovered a world of corporate tax...