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9 Jul 18
Sustainable Transformation Plans are shrouded in secrecy and the government is ‘selling the family silver’ without a thought for the long-term consequences. So says Meg Hillier, chair of the Public...
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4 Jul 18
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has only a “shaky grasp” of the issues facing local authority finances, the Public Accounts Committee has claimed.
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29 Jun 18
The high turnover of civil servants and their limited freedom to challenge ministers is responsible for a lot of government policy failure, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee has told...
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20 Apr 18
The government must create a “robust plan” for future research funding, a group of MPs has said.
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18 Apr 18
The NHS was “lucky” the WannaCry cyberattack 11 months ago happened on a Friday in the summer, a group of MPs has said today.
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7 Feb 18
The NHS failed all 200 cyber security tests it ran in the aftermath of the WannaCry attack in May last year, a group of MPs has heard.
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31 Jan 18
The government’s response to school teachers quitting the profession in England has been “sluggish and incoherent”, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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20 Dec 17
The government has been “unacceptably complacent” in its response to a growing homelessness crisis in England, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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11 Dec 17
Government departments are taking a near “reckless” approach to managing the UK border after Brexit, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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7 Dec 17
The police’s response to online fraud across England and Wales is inconsistent and forces need to ensure it is a priority, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
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30 Nov 17
Commons select committees have “really taken up” Brexit and will be working closely together to hold the government to account, Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier has said.
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22 Nov 17
The government did not sufficiently appraise alternative ways to finance the Hinkley power plant deal that might have offered better value for money, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.
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14 Mar 17
The National Citizen Service may no longer be justifiable because of high participant costs and a lack of transparency, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have said.
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22 Feb 17
The government’s inconsistency in applying benefit sanctions is unacceptable and should end, MPs on the public accounts committee have said.
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10 Feb 17
The government has failed to issue subsidy payments for farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy on time and in full, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have found.
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20 Dec 16
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have accused the government of exaggerating savings generated by its initiative to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 troubled families and concluded the...
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14 Dec 16
A government project to build a commercial airport on the UK overseas territory of St Helena at a cost of £285m was a “fiasco” that “unquestionably failed” taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee...
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30 Nov 16
The government has been urged to improve the evaluation of spending on apprenticeships in order to maintain the “crucial distinction” between quality and quantity.
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18 Nov 16
The increasing scale of commercial activity carried out by local authorities could put council finances at risk, and town halls might lack the necessary skills for such projects, the Public Accounts...
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17 Nov 16
The collapse of a contract worth £800m to provide adult community health services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was rushed into with ‘gross irresponsibility’ and could lead to patient...
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9 Nov 16
The Treasury sold assets of the old Northern Rock bank without a business case, failed to consider the buyer’s tax domicile and ignored a bank’s conflict of interest, according to a review by the...
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2 Nov 16
The government has been told it will need to speed up the disposal of public land if the Whitehall target to free up capacity for at least 160,000 new homes by 2020 is to be met.
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12 Oct 16
The government has made only limited progress in cutting the cost of regulation to businesses, despite a pledge to reduce the burden by £10bn to 2020, MPs have said.
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10 Jun 16
The government does not understand the difficulties faced by many schools in recruiting teachers and should undertake an urgent review of teacher training to boost numbers, the Public Accounts...
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4 May 16
The ability of parliament to scrutinise public spending is being hindered by growing numbers of devolution deals and increasing use of outsourcing for public services, a report by the Public Accounts...
9 Jul 18Sustainable Transformation Plans are shrouded in secrecy and the government is ‘selling the family silver’ without a thought for the long-term consequences. So says Meg Hillier, chair of the Public...
4 Jul 18The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has only a “shaky grasp” of the issues facing local authority finances, the Public Accounts Committee has claimed.
29 Jun 18The high turnover of civil servants and their limited freedom to challenge ministers is responsible for a lot of government policy failure, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee has told...
20 Apr 18The government must create a “robust plan” for future research funding, a group of MPs has said.
18 Apr 18The NHS was “lucky” the WannaCry cyberattack 11 months ago happened on a Friday in the summer, a group of MPs has said today.
7 Feb 18The NHS failed all 200 cyber security tests it ran in the aftermath of the WannaCry attack in May last year, a group of MPs has heard.
31 Jan 18The government’s response to school teachers quitting the profession in England has been “sluggish and incoherent”, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
20 Dec 17The government has been “unacceptably complacent” in its response to a growing homelessness crisis in England, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
11 Dec 17Government departments are taking a near “reckless” approach to managing the UK border after Brexit, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
7 Dec 17The police’s response to online fraud across England and Wales is inconsistent and forces need to ensure it is a priority, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
30 Nov 17Commons select committees have “really taken up” Brexit and will be working closely together to hold the government to account, Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier has said.
22 Nov 17The government did not sufficiently appraise alternative ways to finance the Hinkley power plant deal that might have offered better value for money, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.
14 Mar 17The National Citizen Service may no longer be justifiable because of high participant costs and a lack of transparency, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have said.
22 Feb 17The government’s inconsistency in applying benefit sanctions is unacceptable and should end, MPs on the public accounts committee have said.
10 Feb 17The government has failed to issue subsidy payments for farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy on time and in full, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have found.
20 Dec 16MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have accused the government of exaggerating savings generated by its initiative to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 troubled families and concluded the...
14 Dec 16A government project to build a commercial airport on the UK overseas territory of St Helena at a cost of £285m was a “fiasco” that “unquestionably failed” taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee...
30 Nov 16The government has been urged to improve the evaluation of spending on apprenticeships in order to maintain the “crucial distinction” between quality and quantity.
18 Nov 16The increasing scale of commercial activity carried out by local authorities could put council finances at risk, and town halls might lack the necessary skills for such projects, the Public Accounts...
17 Nov 16The collapse of a contract worth £800m to provide adult community health services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was rushed into with ‘gross irresponsibility’ and could lead to patient...
9 Nov 16The Treasury sold assets of the old Northern Rock bank without a business case, failed to consider the buyer’s tax domicile and ignored a bank’s conflict of interest, according to a review by the...
12 Oct 16The government has made only limited progress in cutting the cost of regulation to businesses, despite a pledge to reduce the burden by £10bn to 2020, MPs have said.
10 Jun 16The government does not understand the difficulties faced by many schools in recruiting teachers and should undertake an urgent review of teacher training to boost numbers, the Public Accounts...
4 May 16The ability of parliament to scrutinise public spending is being hindered by growing numbers of devolution deals and increasing use of outsourcing for public services, a report by the Public Accounts...
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