Wibbi central government were accountable like local government

William Heath, angry at his increased council tax bill wonders wouldn't it be better if

"Whitehall were as thorough and accountable as local councils. I have a stupid idea to create a local government panel to scrutinise government departments, or give local government visiting rights at the NAO just to balance things up a bit. Can government not be simpler and leaner? Less expensive, and less oppressively tedious? Or is that underestimating the complexity of what government inevitably has to do?"