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Article: Sports Politics: Management of Sports Council called to account
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 14, 1994
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POOR management and lack of control at the Sports Council have
created a system which is wide open to abuse and corruption, it is
claimed in a report published today.
The report from the National Audit Office, the public spending
watchdog, accuses the council, which operates the Bisham Abbey,
Lilleshall and Crystal Palace sports centres, of not doing enough
to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
It is almost certain to lead to widespread changes at the
council, which is already in discussion with the Government over
how to simplify its management structure.
Last year, said the NAO, the council had a total income of more
than pounds 50m, of which pounds 48.8m came directly from the ...