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Surprise first-year windfall suggests stopgap tax measure is being underestimated and may be badly designed

Buried in a lengthy new audit on public-sector fraud by the National Audit Office is a remarkable detail. It notes that at the time the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy was charged with handling the Bounce Back Loan scheme, it only had two full-time staff working in its…

Final evaluation of Unboxed science and arts festival finds it delivered on its economic objectives

The National Audit Office said that it was ‘very unlikely’ that most of the taxpayers’ money will be recovered

The National Audit Office said that it was ‘very unlikely’ that most of the taxpayers’ money will be recovered.

National Audit Office estimates bill of £246m for saving energy supplier as result of sharp fall in gas prices

Euston faces a “decade of delay” before the arrival of HS2 high speed trains because of the Government’s disastrous decision to switch station designs, a rail expert has warned.

Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.

NAO warns cost of station in London almost double initial budget and pause on work could push it higher

Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.

National Audit Office urges ministers to learn lessons of losses in England resulting from fraud and error