"This stance prohibits informed decision-making by an electorate desperate for clarity, and merits closer scrutiny, " according to Dr Nicola McEwan, an ESRC fellow at Edinburgh University.

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According to the report schools which did less well often showed "a lack of clarity about the intended impact of the spending", did not monitor the effect properly and often spent the cash "indiscriminately on teaching assistants".

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The lack of judicial restraint has, according to the Nation's one-time top law enforcement officer, been compounded further by the "lack of clarity" on the part of the executive branch with respect to key aspects of this war.

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