Search results for ‘National Audit Office’
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UK Covid response cost £372bn, says National Audit Office
Tackling the pandemic has so far cost the UK a staggering £372 billion, according to the National Audit Office.
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National Audit Office launches probe into Greensill’s involvement in Covid schemes
Another inquiry has been launched into Greensill Capital, the collapsed finance firm which had former Prime Minister David Cameron on its books, and its relations with Whitehall.
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Rachel Reeves on Labour’s plan for ‘an office for value for money’
Covid fraud and the billions wasted on unused or faulty PPE while Matt Hancock was health secretary are at the top of the Labour party’s justifications for wanting to create an ‘office for value for money’, which could check spending before it happens, not just after like the National Audit Office.
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Home Office ignored Windrush warnings, says NAO
The government knew for four years about members of the Windrush generation being caught up wrongly in its hostile environment, and still doesn’t know how many people were affected. That is the verdict of the National Audit Office, which criticised the Home Office today in a report. We have been speaking to one man caught up in the controversy.
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Serious Fraud Office to consider Serco tagging investgation
The government hands over material to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to security giant Serco over allegations of serious mischarging for the electronic monitoring of offenders.
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Audit chief refuses to sign off Commons accounts
The Auditor General refuses to sign off last year’s House of Commons accounts in full amid serious concerns about millions of pounds of expenses paid to MPs.
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Windrush: Victims still face long wait for compensation, watchdog says
A new report by the National Audit Office has found that the Home Office is failing to compensate Windrush victims quickly enough.
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FactCheck: May wrongly takes credit for disabled jobs rise
The Prime Minister says the increase in disabled people in work is thanks to the government — contradicting the National Audit Office.
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Government website plagued with bogus and duplicated job ads
The risk of fraudulent, misleading and confusing ads appearing on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website is higher than private equivalents, according to the National Audit Office.
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James Purnell: ‘BBC report is embarrassing’
As the National Audit Office accuses the BBC of breaching its own guidelines in pay-offs for staff, the former Culture Secretary James Purnell describes their report as “humbling” and “embarrassing”.
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MoD faces ‘critical’ aircraft shortfall as Afghan exit nears
Britain will face “critical shortfalls” in air transport and refuelling aircraft as combat operations end in Afghanistan, the National Audit Office warns.
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Struggling NHS trusts get £1bn injection
Struggling NHS trusts have received more than £1bn in bailout funds in the past six years, figures from the National Audit Office show.
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FactCheck: government pays ex-asylum seeker £3,000 to go to Rwanda but true cost much higher
This isn’t the government’s flagship Rwanda policy.
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FactCheck: Why are energy bills going up?
Experts say it’s a “perfect storm.”
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Business minister insists ‘all the protocols were followed’ with government PPE contracts
We asked Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi what he thought of the damning National Audit office report into personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts – and whether the best way to get a contract with the government is to know a Conservative MP?
