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Minister defends UK government reforms

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has said the growth of online public services will not discriminate against those without access to the internet. McFadden made the assertion at a hearing of the Commons' Public Administration Committee on making public services responsive to people yesterday. He told the MPs that the …

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Nigel Callaghan

Terminological inexactitude

Government minister speak with forked tongue. Is using a 'terminological inexactitude' to a committee punishable in the same way as telling porkies to the House? He says the government doesn't discriminate against non-internet users - so why does it cost me £30 to file my annual company return on paper and only £15 if I do it on-line? That's clear discrimination in my book.

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