Ministers refuse to share MHCLG advice on controversial Towns Fund cash Public Accounts Committee demanded sight of accounting officer approval confirming ministers' picks for £3.6bn scheme met Managing Public Money requirements MHCLG's Marsham Street headquarters in Westminster, photographed by David Pearson 19 Jan 2021 Ministers have turned down a request from MPs to reveal the top-level advice on the selection of “left behind” towns picked to participate in £3.6bn Towns Fund amid concerns some choices were politically motivated. Members of parliament’s Public Accounts Committee last year warned that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s selection process for Towns Fund recipients had put the civil service’s reputation for impartiality at risk.