Public Accounts Committee Chairman Edward Leigh, in rare praise for a department's efforts, said: "The Home Office has come a long way since 2006 when its basic financial systems and processes were in disarray. Such has been its progress in improving its financial management that it is now being extolled by the Cabinet Office as a model of good progress in the Civil Service." He warned it must do more to spread sound financial management throughout its ranks and keep up momentum, but added: "it was encouraging to take evidence on the positive steps they have taken in response to the constructive criticism offered by this committee some three years ago." Full Article at Accountancy Age