Comptroller and Auditor General Christopher Swinson has completed the first part of his review into overall States spending and the progress in reaching the targets of £20m Fundamental Spending Review reductions, and ?15m in efficiency cuts.
After studying department budgets and accounts, he found that ?4m of the ?20m FSR cuts were due to forces beyond States control, or were not genuine savings.
And Mr Swinson says the cultural hangover of the old States structure of a disparate set of independent departments was one of the main obstacles to change.
