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Public Services Commission defends failure to meet legal requirement for annual reports

Instead the Chair announced a new deadline insisting the reports needed to be adapted

The Chair of the Public Services Commission has defended the body’s potential legal breach by failing to produce annual reports, stating they needed 'significant restructuring.'

Kate Lord-Brennan faced scrutiny from backbench MHKs who questioned why the report hasn’t been published since 2021, despite the legal requirement to submit it to Tynwald at the end of each financial year.

She instead promised a combined 2022 and 2023 report to be published in January next year.

When pressed on why politicians should trust her timeline, given previous delays, she said she refuses to take the easy option:

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