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Explosive committee meetings discussing RTÉ scandal to kick off this morning

Former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes told the Oireachtas Media Committee and the Public Accounts Committee that she is not in good enough health to attend meetings this week.

Irish Mirror

Dee Forbes accused of 'running from the battlefield' ahead of Oireachtas meetings

Fianna Fáil TD James O'Connor, who is a member of the Public Accounts Committee, said that Dee Forbes' decision to resign as Director General of RTÉ ahead of a meeting will not do anyone any favours

Irish Mirror

More energy bill help may be on the way for low-income families

Report recommends cheap social tariffs and discounted bills for benefits claimants to help households with the cost of living crisis

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Ryan Tubridy pay furore raises huge questions for RTE, says committee chair

Ireland’s national broadcaster has apologised after admitting the presenter was paid several hundred thousand euro more than previously declared.

The Independent UK

£4.5bn lost to fraud and error across Covid employment scheme, finds report

Cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance

The Independent UK

Government ‘too slow’ to recoup taxpayer money lost to Covid fraud and error

The cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance.

The Independent UK

Passport applicants suffered ‘unacceptable delays’ last year – MPs

The Public Accounts Committee found that consequences included people being unable to travel for family emergencies.

The Independent UK

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Britain ‘haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs

The ‘Inaction Fraud’ hotline was criticised by MPs

The Independent UK

Britain ‘seen as haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs

The ‘Inaction Fraud’ hotline was criticised by MPs.

The Independent UK

Thousands of teenagers owed share of huge £394million cash pot - check your eligibility

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

Daily Mirror

Efforts to recoup billions in wrongly claimed furlough cash ‘woeful’, claim MPs

The Public Accounts Committee report on Covid employment support said HMRC was too slow to tackle problems in the design of the schemes.

The Independent UK

Billions of pounds lost to fraud and error during Covid likely to be lost 'forever'

Cross-party MPs on the Public Accounts Committee claim HMRC's attempts to claw back some £2.3 billion incorrectly paid to employers claiming furlough has been 'woeful'

Daily Mirror

Delays in health funding announcements mean local authorities forced to 'take risks' warn health leaders

Health leaders in the North East and beyond have hit out at how long it is taking the Government to tell them how much public health funding councils will get this year

Chronicle Live

HS2 timeline: government confirms train will run to London Euston

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the HS2 train line will continue into the city centre by connecting to London Euston and will not terminate at Old Oak Common – as had been mooted.

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The Independent UK

Modern warfare ‘accelerating away’ from MoD due to tech upgrade delays – MPs

The Public Accounts Committee said the department had been ‘struggling for years’ replace some critical IT systems.

The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi allows HMRC to pass his tax details to PM’s ethics adviser

Pressure on Tory Party chair increases as HMRC head says no penalties for ‘innocent errors’

Evening Standard

Nadhim Zahawi lets HMRC pass his tax records to Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser

Pressure on the Tory Party chairman increases as the head of HMRC says there are no penalties for ‘innocent errors’

The Independent UK

Agency responsible for Test and Trace programme scolded for accounting failings

Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said the lack of clarity over the UKHSA’s finances were ‘astonishing and unacceptable’.

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The Independent UK

BBC boss says departure of top presenters amid channel merger is ‘obviously sad’

Tim Davie told the Public Accounts Committee the merger ‘isn’t just digital evangelism’.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's Olympics plan to get people playing more sport has fallen flat

A devastating report by the Commons spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, says in the three years after Mr Johnson as London mayor put on the 2012 Games participation in sport dropped

The National (Scotland)

Delays to Westminster renovation costing £2.5 million per week

DELAYS to the renovation of Westminster are costing £2.5 million per week, according to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Independent UK

Randox’s lawyers step up pressure on MPs over ‘misleading’ report

An unpublished legal letter suggested the reliability of the Public Accounts Committee’s report on Randox could be called into question.

Daily Mirror

Government agency spent almost £1,500 on branded fidget cubes for civil servants

Labour's Deputy leader Angela Rayner said the Government Property Agency highlighted the spending after a Public Accounts Committee report warned last week the body had been held back by ageing IT systems

Irish Mirror

National Lottery operator refuses to tell Oireachtas Committee how many people were contacted or had their accounts cut off due to overspending

Premier Lotteries Ireland was also criticised for not being able to tell members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) how much money it spent on player welfare

The Independent UK

Government to miss affordable homes building targets by 32,000

Not enough socially-rented homes are being built to ease the national housing crisis, the Public Accounts Committee has said.

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