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DEFRA criticised over its financial handling
The Committee of Public Accounts' new report has revealed DEFRA's repeated budget bungling and poor financial management after it withdrew £300million from different projects in the past two years.
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A DEFRA spokesman said last year’s budget demands were exceptionally high, with bird flu, flooding and foot and mouth all coming in short succession.
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