A government target to build over 100,000 homes on public land represented “wishful thinking dressed up as public policy”, the Public Accounts Committee has said today, and ministers have no record...
There has been a “significant failure” by the Home Office to provide police forces with the support they need to maintain services amid budget cuts, the Public Accounts Committee has warned today.
Meg Hillier takes charge of the Public Accounts Committee vowing to present the day-to-day reality of her constituents’ lives to the officials who spend their money
The new chair of the Public Accounts Committee has said the watchdog will scrutinise departmental plans after November’s Spending Review in an effort to tackle so-called cost shunting across the...
The government’s ‘lax approach’ to the regulation of private higher education has led to almost £4m in public money being given to ineligible European students in loans and grants, the Public...
MPs have accused PwC of ‘nothing short of the promotion of tax avoidance on an industrial scale’ after examining the role of large accountancy firms in advising multinational how to minimise...
Whitehall incentives for local authorities to tackle Housing Benefit fraud and error are weak and being compounded by cuts in funding available to councils to administer it, the Public Accounts...
Government outsourcing deals for public services are in ‘crisis’ as contractors have not shown appropriate duty of care for public money and Whitehall departments have not managed the arrangements...
The straight-talking chair of the Public Accounts Committee is well known for taking no prisoners in pursuit of the public pound. She talks to PF about going after tax dodgers, how to take on Ukip...
The credibility of the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts continues to be ‘undermined’ by a number of errors and omissions that should be rectified, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
CIPFA’s chief executive continues his ‘listen and learn’ process by examining the current issues affecting accountability, the health and social care overlap and new ways to look at...
Large accountancy firms that advise corporations and individuals on tax avoidance should be banned from working with or for the government, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
The Ministry of Defence failed to deliver any armored vehicles in more than a decade, despite spending £1.1bn on a procurement scheme, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
