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John Dunne

Tagging programme ‘wasted’ £98m of public money’ says finance watchdog

An electronic tag used by the justice system to monitor convicts.

(Picture: PA)

A new system of tagging criminals has ‘wasted’ £98m of taxpayers’ money, a scathing report from public finance watchdogs has revealed.

The Ministry of Justice has been working on £1.2 billion programme to expand tagging to another 10,000 people in the next three years.

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