DWP reveal six groups may be eligible for thousands in backdated pension payments The Department for Work and Pensions predict that some 237,000 over the age of State Pension may have been underpaid Chronicle Live · Aug 5, 2022
Six groups of pensioners may be in line for thousands in backdated payments The DWP estimates around 237,000 people over State Pension age have been underpaid Liverpool Echo · Aug 5, 2022
Six groups of women over State Pension age who may be due up to £9,500 in backdated payments The DWP now estimates it has underpaid 237,000 pensioners a total of £1.46 billion. Daily Record · Aug 4, 2022
Over 60,000 DWP Attendance Allowance claimants could be due money back According to new research about the Department for Work and Pensions, approximately £230 million of the Attendance Allowance benefit has been underpaid to claimants Glasgow Live · Jul 8, 2022
Extra 100,000 state pensioners underpaid due to DWP mistake - does it affect you? A DWP mistake means that 237,000 people have been underpaid their State Pension to the tune of £1.5billion, new figures reveal - but the problem could be even bigger than that Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022
Boris Johnson’s downfall: a corrosive culture of cronyism Analysis: Partygate was the last straw, but the long view of history will count a broader catalogue of corruption The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022
State Pension underpayments review identifies new group of women who may be due up to £9,500 The DWP now estimates it has underpaid 237,000 pensioners a total of £1.46 billion. Daily Record · Jul 8, 2022
DWP says 237,000 Brits were underpaid state pensions to tune of £1.46bn 'We are fully committed to addressing these errors, not identified under previous governments, as quickly as possible' Wales Online · Jul 8, 2022
2012 Olympic Games did not boost grassroots sports ‘as hoped’ – NAO Ministers said the Games would leave a ‘lasting sporting legacy’. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022
Watchdog: About 237,000 state pensioners underpaid by total of £1.46bn The Department for Work and Pensions started an exercise in January 2021 to address cases where people were being underpaid. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022
Boris Johnson's 40 'new' hospitals election boast to be probed by audit watchdog The National Audit Office will carry out a 'value for money' review that reports back next year on spiralling inflation - and whether the 40 projects are really 'new' at all Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2022
Watchdog considers review into Boris Johnson’s 40 ‘new hospitals’ vow ONE of Boris Johnson’s key election promises is coming under the microscope of the Government’s official spending watchdog. The National (Scotland) · Jul 3, 2022
Boris Johnson’s pledge to build 40 ‘new hospitals’ faces Watchdog probe National Audit Office review will consider increasing costs due to spiralling inflation and whether the hospitals will in fact be new Wales Online · Jul 2, 2022
Watchdog to probe Boris Johnson’s 40 ‘new hospitals’ claims ‘The only place these ’40 new hospitals’ currently exist is in Boris Johnson’s imagination,’ says Labour MP The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022 Boris Johnson faces investigation into claims over 40 ‘new’ hospitals Trusts reveal only five wholly new hospitals planned, as Labour says the scheme ‘exists only in PM’s imagination’
The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022 UK Infrastructure Bank has £5bn pipeline after investments kick off National Audit Office chief Gareth Davies said ‘there is more work to do before it is fully operational’.
The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022 UK households will pay £2.7bn to cover cost of failed energy suppliers, says NAO Watchdog estimates consumers must pay £94 after years of failures by Ofgem
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022 Failing energy firms will cost UK consumers £2.7bn, says watchdog National Audit Office accuses Ofgem of creating a market ‘vulnerable to large-scale shocks’
The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022 Energy supplier collapses likely to cost around £2.7bn, report finds Failures of energy companies were caused by high prices, but were made more likely by regulator Ofgem, the National Audit Office said.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 Government not doing enough to hit 2030 air pollution targets, warns NAO ‘People’s health will suffer’ because government is ‘dragging its feet on tackling air quality,’ Labour MP says
The Independent UK · May 17, 2022 Brexit has increased risk of dangerous foods reaching UK, watchdog warns Food Standards Agency is shut out of EU’s ’rapid alert system’ – and faces huge extra costs to build alternative defences
The Independent UK · May 17, 2022 UK forced to bridge data gap after losing full access to EU food alerts – report Regulators say loss of data sharing arrangements after Brexit has negatively impacted their ability to carry out their work, the NAO has warned.
Wales Online · Apr 28, 2022 More than half of children in custody are now from ethnic minority groups and nearly all are boys The proportion of incarcerated children who come from ethnic minority backgrounds has soared over the past decade.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022 Number of children in custody in England and Wales set to double by 2024 Report also highlights increasing over-representation of black and minority ethnic children in custody
Wales Online · Apr 28, 2022 Number of children in custody set to double by 2024 The National Audit Office report also finds that ethnic minority groups are overrepresented in custody