Arrogance has come quickly to the new Conservative government. It seems to have quickly forgotten that in the Westminster system, the Government is accountable to Parliament.
First of all the Health select committee asked for data that the government was using to inform it's soon to be announced obesity strategy. This quite reasonable request was refused. A refusal on the grounds of national security or commercial secrecy might be valid (sadly these reasons have been abused in the past), but in their arrogance, the Government isn't even hiding behind these. They are just not prepared to release the information to a committee which seeks to scrutinise the government.
Secondly, the government has been caught red handed withholding full information about the actual impact of their tax cuts on real people.
If this is "politics as usual", it needs to stop now. This isn't a game! Real people are affected by the consequences of the government's policies - and it should be straight with MPs. They are their - not for themselves - but to represent the people of this country. The government should not be subverting Parliament.
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