SW1 HUX

Wodger took me to one side and tried hard to explain the details. Apparantly there is a company doing all the council procurement work and much else besides. It is said that this company could save Somerset squillions of pounds. It all sounds so positive no wonder that other local authorities are falling over themselves to get involved. Except for one thing. Apparantly councils are obliged to inspect the books before signing up. "So"- I said to Wodger - "it cannot be good for us if our company has failed to submit its accounts on time. Sounds a bit naughty to me. It would be like a Councillor failing to enter any details at all into the Register of Members Interests" Wodger paused for a while, deep in thought, and then put me straight. "The very fact that this company has failed to submit returns to Companies House means that nobody can check what we've actually done against what we said we would do". I think I understand. I would have run it past Eunice but she said she was popping out to the shops for a while