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Government to miss affordable homes building targets by 32,000, MPs say

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

The Independent UK

UK Government under pressure to release Michelle Mone PPE contract papers

A MOTION demanding the UK Government release records of the controversial PPE contract lobbied for by Michelle Mone has passed in the House…

The National (Scotland)

Government not prioritising threat of ‘devastating’ animal diseases, MPs warn

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee warns the UK’s main animal disease facility has been 'left to deteriorate to an alarming extent'

Wales Online

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Brits paying £94 more each on energy bills thanks to Ofgem 'failure', report finds

A report by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee says the energy regulator set the bar too low for new companies to set up as suppliers

Daily Mirror

New driving licence applications have taken over a year for 90,000 people

DVLA have struggled with the backlog caused by Covid, as those with medical conditions have been kept in limbo

Wales Online

Unacceptably high levels of fraud and error in benefits spending, says watchdog

The Department for Work and Pensions overpaid an ‘eye-watering’ £8.6 billion across benefits in 2021-22, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The Independent UK

Consumers at risk due to post-Brexit regulatory system, Commons committee warns

The Commons Public Accounts committee has warned that regulators are ‘struggling to recruit and retain the skills they need to regulate effectively’.

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Red list hotel quarantine subsidised by over £1m a day by taxpayers – and ‘no evidence’ that it worked

One in three travellers who were supposed to be quarantining at home may have breached rules – despite government spending over £100m home visits to check compliance

The Independent UK

Government unsure if Covid traffic light system worked despite public disruption

Testing and quarantine requirements changed 10 times between February 2021 and January 2022 but ministers don't know 'whether the system worked or whether the cost was worth the disruption caused', the Public Accounts Committee warned

Daily Mirror

UK Government 'doesn’t know' if Covid rules on travel, quarantine or home isolation actually worked

A new report published on Tuesday says Westminster is "not learning lessons fast enough from the pandemic and is missing opportunities to react quickly to future emergencies"

Wales Online

One-third of all police in England and Wales to be inexperienced constables on probation because of 20,000 uplift

MP’s warn Boris Johnson’s pledge has ‘focused on entry level officers rather than those with experience’

The Independent UK

Fraud, waste, and unlawful 'VIPs': Report lays bare Tory 'incompetence' over PPE

UK taxpayers will be footing the bill for mistakes the Tory government made during the pandemic “for years to come”, the chair of a…

The National (Scotland)

Covid: Three million UK adults still unvaccinated

Nearly three million adults in England remain unvaccinated against Covid, according to the latest figures.

Evening Standard

More than 200,000 people have now died with Covid in the UK

It comes amid a new push to get people vaccinated as infection rates surge again

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Nearly 3 MILLION people not vaccinated against Covid amid warning 'pandemic is not over'

A government committee is calling for increased efforts to get those in vulnerable groups fully vaccinated as infection rates continue to rise again

Wales Online

Government report calls for NHS to ‘redouble’ efforts to vaccinate vulnerable

Public Accounts Committee looking to reduce the number of unvaccinated adults in England from three million to 2.5 million

The Independent UK

Government has ‘no evidence’ hundreds of billions of pounds spend works

The Commons Public Accounts Committee said that Government activity is not being evaluated ‘robustly or at all’.

Wales Online

Watchdog to investigate Welsh Government's purchase of £4.25m farm

The Senedd's Public Accounts Committee has agreed to ask the Auditor General for Wales to investigate the purchase and to presents its findings to the Ccommittee before they decide how to proceed further

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The Independent UK

Britain’s armed forces lack ‘battle-winning capabilities’, MPs warn

Commons Public Accounts Committee said the invasion of Ukraine highlighted the ‘risks and responsibilities’ of Nato membership.

The Independent UK

Government showed ‘disregard’ to taxpayer over Covid loans, MPs say

Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier MP said the Government has no long-term plans to chase overdue debt.

The Times of India

Calcutta HC sets aside speaker’s ruling on Mukul plea

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee’s ruling that Krishnanagar Uttar representative and Public Accounts Committee chairman Mukul Roy was a BJP MLA. The court set a four-week time frame for the speaker to decide on Mukul’s disqualification as member/chairman of PAC.

Dublin Live

MetroLink works under investigation by spending watchdog

The €12.5 million station works are under investigation over whether or not proper procedure was followed

The Independent UK

Spending watchdog warns £2.7 billion at risk from government PPE contracts

Chair of public accounts committee says government must ‘get a grip’ of PPE stocks and contracts

Wales Online

HMRC should take sensitive approach to recover £39bn of tax, MPs say

Only 1400 taxpayers of the 6.2 million owing money are currently accessing the support that is available

Daily Mirror

'Inadequate' records kept of £700m worth of Covid deals for firm linked to Tory MP

The NAO found ministers attended eight meetings with testing firm Randox - twice as many as previously disclosed - but kept minutes for just two

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