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National Audit Office launches review into Capita over civil service pensions

The then-Duke of York arriving ahead of the coronation ceremony of King Charles

Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease and subletting offered ‘value for money’, MPs told

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Millions unaware of available support with household bills as debt soars – NAO

The then-Duke of York with his daughters Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice

Andrew sublet Royal Lodge homes and King pays Beatrice and Eugenie’s rent – repo...

Shared ownership schemes are complex and not always fully understood – report

New driving test centre approved for Wolverhampton

Prison windows and X-ray scanners not being fixed amid drug crisis – watchdog

New Wolverhampton driving test centre planned to tackle huge demand

Asylum system delays and backlogs wasted taxpayers’ money – watchdog

'Worrying': Report identifies ‘clear failings’ in care for frail adults in Engla...

Dying patients facing cutbacks amid hospice ‘crisis’

Four out of five Britons want Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom

NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence hit £60bn

Thousands of homes need insulation fix after failures in flagship scheme – NAO

Watchdog warns of market failure amid soaring children’s care home costs

Two in three EV drivers have waited more than 10 minutes to use charger – survey

Driving test backlog ‘cannot get much worse’
Some 81% of driving test centres in Britain had the maximum possible waiting time of 24 weeks for a test as of May 5.
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RAF’s most advanced jet a ‘disappointing return’ on £11 billion cost, NAO says

Successive governments have failed to turn bus services around, watchdog says

New biosecurity centre to tackle pandemics and animal disease gets £1bn funding

Major special educational needs reforms to come ‘in due course’ – minister

Special educational needs system ‘not delivering’ for families – watchdog

Training Ukrainian troops ‘constrains’ Army’s own training programme – watchdog

HMRC has ‘failed to use new powers’ around retail tax evasion, says watchdog

Green co-leader says there is a case for building northern leg of HS2

Government could miss 2030 carbon capture target, watchdog says

Collective wait of 753 years for people phoning DWP in 2023/24, watchdog says

Public spending watchdog flags ‘challenges’ facing UK Space Agency
A National Audit Office report suggests there has been little progress in implementing the UK’s national space strategy.
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Government has ‘limited evidence’ on how well funding helps disadvantaged pupils

Rollout of payment schemes causing ‘widespread uncertainty’ for farmers – report

Increasing number of NHS bodies failing to break even, report warns

Government has ‘significant gaps’ in awareness of local road conditions – report

Councils face ‘unsustainable financial pressure’ on homelessness, says watchdog

Buckingham Palace asbestos discovery could have been foreseen, report says

Rishi Sunak’s HS2 axe means Labour may need to cut demand for trains – report

Fact check: ‘40 new hospitals’, Starmer’s working hours and potholes

NAO: No clear timetable for full post-Brexit border controls

Government warned of risks to success of scheme to boost nature in developments

7m hours collectively spent waiting to speak to taxman in 2022-23, report finds

£54m jump in costs behind pensions dashboards programme

Whitehall watchdog warns over ‘limited progress’ in rail reforms

Government cannot prove biomass sustainably sourced, says National Audit Office

Braverman to urge police to stop ‘pandering to political correctness’

Euston HS2 delays would mean extra costs and higher spending, warns watchdog

Covid furlough scheme lost billions of pounds to error and fraud, says watchdog

2012 Olympic Games did not boost grassroots sports ‘as hoped’ – NAO

Midlands becomes first region to administer more than 23 million Covid-19 jabs

Coronavirus travel rules were imposed without overall assessment – report

Around three-fifths of West Midlands teenagers have received first dose of Covid...

Government not fully prepared for ‘wide-ranging’ impacts of Covid, report finds

Black Country super hospital hit by fresh delays - pushing opening back to 2023

£1bn in state pensions underpaid due to human error, watchdog says

Registering lateral flow tests is ‘bit of a faff’ – expert

New analysis reveals £372 billion cost of Covid response

Coronavirus contracts worth £3.7bn raise corruption concerns, report says

Pat McFadden: Let’s help local children bridge the digital divide

More traffic and SUVs are slowing UK’s zero-emission plans

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