All news on the topic: National Audit Office

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Rwanda 'fiasco' could end up costing £2million per person bombshell figures show
A report by the National Audit Office uncovered a string of add-on fees agreed by ministers with the Rwandan government, with Labour branding it a 'national scandal'
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Universal credit rollout to cost £900million more than estimated, watchdog says
New figures released by the National Audit Office show the staggering increase in the overall cost of Universal Credit is largely down to inflation and the delayed timetable
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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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Urgent warning people facing eviction can't get legal help due to Tory cuts
The official government spending watchdog said vulnerable people who need legal help could be missing out - and the Ministry of Justice was failing to keep track
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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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Government has 'no evidence' biomass is not destroying forests, says new report
The UK imported 9.1 million tonnes of wood pellets for energy in 2021
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Fujitsu still gets contracts worth £100m-a-year despite Post Office scandal
Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says
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Tories told to 'grasp nettle' and pay social care workers decent wage
Tories told to 'grasp the nettle' and pay social care workers a decent wage as the latest crackdown on migration sparks fears of a new recruitment crisis in the sector
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John Lewis to offer health checks in stores from December - list of locations
In addition to the optician services and beauty and wellness clinics already offered in some branches of John Lewis, shoppers will now have access to various health checks
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Levelling up funding announced as hundreds of towns left with nothing - see list
Fifty-five projects across the UK were awarded a share of nearly £1billion but Labour criticised ministers for failing to explain what will happen to unsuccessful areas
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Tories' flagship levelling up plan in chaos as watchdog details project delays
Despite some projects allegedly being 'shovel ready' the National Audit Office says delivery across three government funds worth up to £9.5billion is behind schedule
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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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'Braverman's rhetoric fuels the fire of hate and sets back community relations'
The Voice of the Mirror says that Suella Braverman's dangerous rhetoric is fanning the flames ahead of what should be a time of remembrance for the country
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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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Dozens of UK school buildings ‘at risk of collapsing’ as pupils set to return
The risk to pupils’ lives has been known for five years after a primary school partly collapsed in Kent, but documents seen by the Mirror indicate there could be chaos ahead for thousands of pupils
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Tories will break flagship vow to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, warns watchdog
The Whitehall spending watchdog said the Government's New Hospital Programme 'has experienced delays and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030'
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Warning as up to 10 million people risk being underpaid in huge DWP blunder
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used to automatically add National Insurance credits to claimants' records - but switched to doing this manually from 2017/18
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'Britain is run by criminal bullies doing illegal things badly'
Those in charge are now officially criminals, bullies, and incompetents, says Fleet Street Fox. The Mafia would never have sold the water or wasted money on Rwanda
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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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Tories accused of 'extraordinary arrogance' in clash over freeport allegations
Labour has lashed out at the Government and demanded that the National Audit Office (NAO) investigates allegations of wrongdoing at the Teesworks site - but the Government says there is "no evidence" of corruption
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Rishi Sunak grilled on whether Tories have 'had it' and need period out of power
The Prime Minister was also grilled on the staggering amounts of Covid fraud on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show... as he launches the Government's own fraud strategy
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Activists queue outside Rishi Sunak's mansion for a dip in his heated £400k pool
Environmental activists wearing swimming trunks, flip flops and scuba diving gear gathered outside the PM’s mansion as they protest against his new private heated pool
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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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Brits warned to check passports for expiry dates as strikes could cause delays
Latest passport rules for Brits as a a planned five week strike by workers at the Passport Office has made applying for a new passport a bit more difficult
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Passport staff to strike for 5 weeks as Brits planning holidays issued warning
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union announced the 'significant' escalation in industrial action. It also accused the Government of failing to engage in 'meaningful' talks.
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