Poll: Should Royal Mail have been privatised?
A committee of MPs has reported that taxpayers have lost £1 billion over the privatisation of Royal Mail because the Government underestimated demand for shares. What do you think?
Ministers were accused of being afraid to fail over the controversial sell-off last year, and of receiving "poor quality" advice. The Business Select Committee said taxpayers were missing out on "significant value".
In a hard-hitting report, the committee also expressed concern that the Government had failed to get an adequate return on privatised Royal Mail assets, such as multi-million pound sites in London.
The MPs concluded that the advice ministers received on the sale was not up to standard.
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