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Museums face growing cyber threats but security remains an afterthought

In the last few years, some of the UK’s biggest cultural institutions have experienced major threats to their security. A report by the public accounts committee (PAC) has warned that such incidents have exposed serious weaknesses across the sector but that the government has failed to devise a strategy to…

The Conversation

What is Dhanush artillery gun? Indigenous 155mm howitzer whose delay has drawn PAC’s criticism

The Public Accounts Committee criticized the Ministry of Defence for procurement delays. This resulted in the Army using aging Bofors guns for decades. The Dhanush artillery gun, an upgraded Bofors version, was finally inducted in 2022. The committee highlighted structural shortcomings in the defense acquisition system. The Army now plans…

The Economic Times

Parliament Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha to take up Supreme Court Judges Amendment Bill

Parliament will consider and pass the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill. Opposition MPs will move a statutory resolution seeking disapproval of an ordinance. Private members' business includes proposals on constitutional amendments and welfare issues. The Rajya Sabha will introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill.

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Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha to discuss SC Judges Bill; PAC to table reports on 'DHANUSH' gun delays, defence offsets

Parliament Monsoon Session: The Lok Sabha will debate the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026. Opposition members will also move a resolution expressing disapproval of a presidential ordinance. The Public Accounts Committee will present reports on defense production and financial losses. Standing committees will table reports on securities…

The Economic Times

Martin Lewis blasts water firms over baffling language blocking help for millions

Martin Lewis, the founder of MoneySavingExpert, told the Public Accounts Committee that he still did not know what the term meant.

The Independent UK

Water firms asking vulnerable customers for ‘equivalised income’, MPs told

Martin Lewis, the founder of MoneySavingExpert, told the Public Accounts Committee that he still did not know what the term meant.

Evening Standard

MPs question whether troubled Ajax armoured vehicle is fit for purpose

The Public Accounts Committee’s chairman said advice to carry out maintenance checks every time Ajax is stopped was an ‘insult to intelligence’.

Evening Standard

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All the revelations about Andrew, Beatrice, Eugenie and other royals in new finance report

Former Lib Dem minister Norman Baker accused the royal family of ‘taking the public for a complete ride’

Evening Standard

Former first minister calls for joint Murrell inquiry between both Parliaments

Lord McConnell said there should be an inquiry between Holyrood and Westminster on Peter Murrell’s embezzlement of funds.

Evening Standard

March 26, 2026: How the Delhi Assembly is swallowing the truth on air monitors

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Delhi Assembly recently said that only 3 of the 40 continuous ambient air quality monitoring systems (CAAQMS) violate the Central Pollution Control Board's location guidelines. These guidelines mandate that no trees or buildings be within a 20-metre radius of the CAAQMS.

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Edward and Sophie ‘raked in £130,000 sub-letting stables on £30,000,000 estate’

Critics say the money should return to the Treasury via the Crown Estate

Evening Standard

BBC World Service being supplanted by Russia and China because of funding cuts and poor management, warn MPs

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued a scathing report into the state of the World Service is losing out to propaganda outlets

The Independent UK

DWP’s new bank account checking powers ‘must have risk of over-reach mitigated’

The Department should report annually how often it has used the powers given to it and with what impact, the Public Accounts Committee urged.

Evening Standard

Government and NHS fail to take ‘any meaningful steps’ to tackle spiralling medical negligence costs

The government and NHS England have been sharply criticised by MPs for their failure to take "any meaningful steps" to slash the rising costs of clinical negligence in England, despite two decades of warnings.

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Hundreds of vulnerable children placed in illegal care homes amid ‘broken system’

Ofsted said it had begun nearly 900 investigations into potential unregistered homes

International Business Times UK

Royal Fallout Deepens: Andrew to Leave Dilapidated Lodge Empty-Handed Amid Epstein Backlash

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is set to leave Royal Lodge with no compensation after an inspection found severe disrepair, intensifying scrutiny over his Epstein links.

The Independent UK

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor unlikely to receive £488k compensation for giving up Royal Lodge home

Andrew is set move out of the 30-room residence on the Windsor Estate next year

Evening Standard

MPs to investigate Crown Estate over disgraced Andrew's use of Royal Lodge

The Public Accounts Committee has asked the Crown Estate and Treasury to explain the rationale behind the 75-year lease

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BBC Loses More Than £1 Billion Amid Mass Payment Evasion and Declining Licence Ownership by Viewers

The Public Accounts Committee report saw the broadcasting company lost over £1 billion in potential income from 2024 to 2025.

Evening Standard

BBC an ‘organisation under severe pressure’ – report

The corporation has been hit by a series of scandals in recent months, leading up to the resignation of director general Sir Tim Davie.

The Independent UK

Prince Andrew latest: MPs pressure Crown Estate over ‘value for money’ of Andrew’s rent-free Royal Lodge life

MPs on spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee ask questions of Crown Estate and Treasury

Evening Standard

Watchdog to look into Prince Andrew's living arrangements at the Royal Lodge where he stays rent free

It comes after Andrew relinquished his titles amid mounting pressure over his links with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Evening Standard

Rupert Lowe to be given Tory spot on influential parliamentary committee

The MP for Great Yarmouth will get a Conservative seat on the Public Accounts Committee because he shares the party’s values of ‘cutting waste’.

Evening Standard

System of regulating water firms needs complete overhaul, MPs warn

The Public Accounts Committee said the Government must act with urgency to strengthen oversight of the sector.

Evening Standard

HMRC does not know how many billionaires pay tax in UK – report

The Public Accounts Committee is calling for HMRC to publish its plan for increasing tax yield from wealthy taxpayers domestically and offshore.

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