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20 Apr 22
Domestic energy firms have urged the government to provide up to £1,000 extra support to UK households to help ballooning bills this year.
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16 Mar 22
The level of fraud in the government’s Covid-19 loan schemes is around £1.5bn less than previously forecast, according to senior officials at the British Business Bank.
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30 Nov 21
Fraud and error in pandemic support programmes have led to head of the National Audit Office Gareth Davies qualifying his opinion on the 2020-21 accounts of the Department for Business, Energy and...
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20 Oct 21
The government has said it will set up a new ‘local net zero forum’ to support councils in contributing to the national ambition of reaching net zero emissions.
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8 Sep 21
The £1.5bn Green Homes Grant was approved by a senior civil servant, despite an internal committee rejecting its business case, according to the National Audit Office.
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14 Jul 21
CIPFA has lodged strong objections with the government over proposals to create a separate audit profession.
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6 Jul 21
Proposals to address issues with the auditing of private firms are set to have a big impact on public sector accountants.
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30 Apr 21
A government programme hoped to address long-term problems facing the UK economy is too focused on how much it spends, rather than the results it achieves, MPs have said.