The Learning and Skills Council has dealt a body blow to dozens of colleges after admitting it cannot honour its pledges in the current round of spending allocations.
It means the colleges have been left with unfinished building projects and bills for millions of pounds taken out in loans, spent on employing architects and bringing in builders to start work.
The Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills has asked former Audit Commission head, Sir Andrew Foster, to investigate.
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