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12 Apr 22
The Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities has failed to adequately fund councils to protect private sector tenants, according to MPs.
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23 Aug 21
Councils in England will be required to provide more information on reserve levels to the government, in a bid to improve Whitehall's understanding of financial risks.
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21 May 21
A senior MP has questioned whether the new 'system leader' for local audit proposed by the government will possess the expertise to deal with the complexities of the sector.
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16 Oct 20
HMRC needs to make fundamental changes to how it collects tax, as compliance is expected to drop as a result of Covid-19, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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26 Sep 19
Central government has “barely scratched the surface” on improving its use of data.
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30 Apr 19
The government does not yet have “all the ingredients” it needs to hit its target of 300,000 new homes by 2025, according to a leading civil servant.
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11 Mar 19
A budget committee could add another valuable level of scrutiny to the spend of public money, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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25 Jan 19
Education secretary Damian Hinds has urged more schools to convert to academy status as figures showed half of pupils are now educated in academies.
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16 Jan 19
Excessive staff turnover in the civil service is costing the taxpayer up to £74m a year in recruitment, training and lost productivity, according to a think-tank.
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19 Nov 18
Treasury officials are aiming to bring forward the publication of the Whole of Government Accounts for the next financial year, MPs have been told.
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25 Jul 18
A NHS England primary care contract with Capita has been branded a “shambles” by MPs who are demanding a change in the way health chiefs approach outsourcing.
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17 Jul 18
A “disastrous” Ministry of Defence property deal could get worse when rental rates are reviewed in 2021, MPs have said.
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20 Jun 18
The government must be honest with the public about the true value for money of private finance initiatives, a group of MPs has urged today.
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9 May 18
The care sector is in “precarious state” and needs a sustainable funding plan this year - as well as a public image boost, a group of MPs has warned.
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1 May 18
The Department for Transport’s rail franchising model is “broken”, the Public Accounts Committee concluded in a report looking at two major franchises.
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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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28 Feb 18
A recent report suggested introducing a system of local public accounts committees? But how will they secure compliance, asks David Walker.
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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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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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1 Feb 17
The NHS is failing to recover enough money from overseas patients because its current systems are “chaotic”, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have said.
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27 Jan 17
The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
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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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9 Dec 16
International lawmakers have signed an open letter urging their governments to pursue greater tax transparency following a summit on the issue in the UK today.
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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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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...