All news on the topic: Gareth Davies

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Government's 4G rural coverage plan behind schedule, warns National Audit Office
The scheme involves mobile operators sharing infrastructure to boost mobile signal in rural areas
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Government should have Covid-style fraud experts ready to deploy, say watchdogs
The National Audit Office said that the Government should have a clear plan for buying in a 'seller's market' where it needs to deal with suppliers it does not normally use
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Valdo Calocane's sentence 'too lenient' as review sent to Attorney General
The families of the victims of Nottingham knifeman Valdo Calocane have gone to the Attorney General over the "lenient" sentence handed down on Thursday by the judge
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Social care shake-up budget stripped of £1bn and hit by delays, says watchdog
Some cash meant to be targeted at the overhaul of crisis-hit social care has been spent elsewhere, according to the Whitehall spending watchdog, the National Audit Office
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Passport officials handed £2.1million in bonuses as delays wreck holiday plans
Almost 10,000 bonuses were given to passport officials last year despite 360,000 people waiting longer than they should have done to get their documents, ruining travel plans
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Farewell to Wales' beating heart as World Cup exit spells end for Dan Biggar
Wales 17-29 Argentina: Two late tries eliminate Wales as Pumas ride their luck to book semi-final against New Zealand on Friday in Paris
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England fluff lines in Wales as Steve Borthwick prepares to name World Cup squad
Wales 20-9 England: Third straight loss for England ahead of Monday's official announcement of 33-man playing group for tournament in France
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700,000 kids stuck in crumbling schools and ministers don't know how many unsafe
More than a third (24,000) of English school buildings are past their estimated initial design life - meaning they can continue to be used but are more expensive to maintain and run up higher energy costs
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Tory plot to drop windfall tax in midst of cost-of-living crisis branded obscene
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners
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Mystery letter could hold key to finding man who vanished three years ago
Jordan Moray was reported missing by his family on August 2 in 2019 after he vanished from Aberdare, and there have been no confirmed sightings since then
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Just 1% of £1.1bn in taxpayer cash lost to Covid business grants fraud recovered
The spending watchdog found that 'no contingency plans existed between central and local government for supporting firms during a national emergency' when the pandemic hit and it meant mistakes were made
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Thousands of teenagers owed share of massive £394million cash pot
Around 145,000 young people are entitled to a share of the £394million child trust funds cash pot - which works at an average of £2,717 each, according to the official spending watchdog
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More than 30 criminals let out without tags due to IT blunders, report shows
Some 35 criminals should have been fitted with tags but were left to roam free in September last year. System failures impacted approximately 3,000 cases at HM Courts & Tribunals Service
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Watchdog slams Government over security vetting delays and backlogs
A damning National Audit Office report outlines the scale of delays hitting checks, which Labour said was "a stinging rebuke from the independent watchdog"