Labour attacks ‘obscene’ waste of funds on little-used export helpline

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Hotline was expected to handle 3,000 calls a week, but took fewer than that in five months

The international trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, hailed the hotline as a ‘fantastic new one-stop shop service’.The international trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, hailed the hotline as a ‘fantastic new one-stop shop service’.Labour has accused the government of an obscene waste of money, after it emerged that an export hotline set up to help businesses took fewer than 3,000 calls in its first five months of operation.

 

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If this is an example of how the Conservatives are running NHSPrivatisation we're doomed. Juicy contracts with no checks or guarantees given to the favoured few whilst underfunded state service struggles to keep up with the real work on a fraction of cost. ToriesUnfitToGovern

Labour mutters the sycophantic rag repeats. Remember the sole aim of the rag IS TO GET THE LABOUR PARTY ELECTED.

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