Is now preparing to stand down. How some of englands most deprived areas suffer some of the biggest cuts in spending on Childrens Services. Hundreds of women gather at westminster to celebrate the events of a century ago when millions were given the right to vote. And the worlds most powerful rocket has been launched tonight from Kennedy Space Center Experts say it could transform space exploration. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could swanseas Carlos Carvalhal guide his side past notts county in tonights fourth round replay to set up a tie against his former Club Sheffield wednesday . Good evening. For the first time former executives of carillion have spoken publicly about the collapse of the Construction Firm which went into liquidation last month with debts of one and a half billion pounds. The senior figures appeared before a Parliamentary Committee which accused them of being delusional and of falling asleep at the wheel. The former executives rejected suggestions that they
But even then only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the chairman of the outsourcing and Building Firm carillion, philip green, says he takes full and complete responsibility for the groups collapse. Hes among former bosses whove been answering questions from mps about the decline of the company. The firm, which employed more than 40,000 people worldwide, went into liquidation last month with significant debts and a huge pension deficit. Our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. The senior figures in charge of carillion in its final months. Keith cochrane, chief executive during the collapse. Reporter would you say sorry to employees . And zafar khan, the finance director ousted after commissioning an internal investigation. Also among them, richard howson. He was sacked as chief executive after having to warn last year that profits were plummeting. I, too, would like to say how deeply saddened and how sorry i am for what has hap
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Three directors of the fallen outsourcing and construction firm have been barred, but minister reveals that attempts to disqualify five other boardroom figures cost the Insolvency Service millions of pounds
A government-mandated bid to bar former directors of Carillion from UK boardrooms has
The Insolvency Service spent £11m pursuing director disqualifications against eight former Carillion directors – only three of whom have been served with