Government accused of ‘democratic abomination’ for hiding bad news on last day of Parliament

‘The Government has been criticised for using “shady” tactics to avoid scrutiny by dumping important announcements and documents onto official websites the last day before MPs leave for their summer recesses.
Opposition parties described the strategy as a “democratic abomination” and said that the Conservatives had in 2017 “taken it to another level” after the Government tried to bury stories ranging from it wasting money on legal fees to there being a shortage of soldiers.
Written statements trawled through on Thursday revealed that the number of police officers had reached a 30-year low, that a major rail electrification programme had been scrapped, and that the number of former ministers working in the private sector had surged by 60 per cent.’
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