Learner drivers could face 'frustrating' driving test delays for another TWO YEARS

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/learner-drivers-could-face-frustrating-36409518

'Shocking' asylum watchdog report lifts lid on backlog and wasted cash

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/shocking-asylum-watchdog-report-hits-36371162

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’

More than one in three people on legacy benefits have not claimed universal credit and have had their benefits closed, new DWP figures show.

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#Sunak’s Government Did Not Know How #Schools Spent £9.2 Billion a Year Allocated to Help #DisadvantagedChildren

‘There has been a lack of sustained progress by government in reducing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers’, a new report by the #NationalAuditOffice has found
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/24/sunaks-government-did-not-know-how-schools-spent-9-2-billion-a-year-allocated-to-help-disadvantaged-children/

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Sunak's Government Did Not Know How Schools Spent £9.2 Billion a Year Allocated to Help Disadvantaged Children

'There has been a lack of sustained progress by government in reducing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers', a new report by the National Audit Office has found

Byline Times
Homelessness in England at highest level on record, watchdog says

National Audit Office report on Tory government’s attempts to tackle problem finds situation has worsened since 2017

The Guardian

Sunak’s decision to scrap HS2 will cost £100m and take up to three years, National Audit Office warns | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-hs2-nao-transport-b2584390.html

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Sunak’s decision to scrap HS2 will cost £100m and take up to three years, National Audit Office warns

NAO lays bare the cost and complications of decision to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed rail plan, first revealed by The Independent

The Independent

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
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NHS finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

National Audit Office says NHS in England too cash-strapped to treat patients quickly enough

The Guardian
Bibby Stockholm contract will not be renewed as Labour to shut down migrant barge

Controversial Bibby Stockholm barge closure comes on a day when audit reports reveal billions wasted in government departments under Tories

The Independent
Home Office failing to monitor firms housing asylum seekers

Revealed: Investigation finds Home Office has no complete record of companies housing almost 100,000 asylum seekers

openDemocracy
National Audit Office to investigate growing scandal over carer’s allowance

Government watchdog says action prompted by DWP’s lack of progress in tackling overpayments problems

The Guardian