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The Latest Breaking News from the Public Accounts Committee

MPs warn public sector accounts were undermined by local audit backlog

The Public Accounts Committee called for swift action to address delays in independent assessments of council finances.

The Independent UK

Covid restrictions five years on: How the pandemic brought the world’s leading travel industry to its knees

Pandemic panic led to ‘millions of taxpayers’ cash blown on measures with no apparent plan or proof that it was working to protect public health’

The Independent UK

Prisons set to run out of spaces again within a year despite early release scheme, MPs warn

Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts Committee has warned

The Independent UK

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Poorer pupils ‘may not be benefiting’ from funding given to schools to aid them

The Department for Education has ‘limited understanding’ of how schools are spending £9.2 billion of disadvantage-related funding, a report has said.

The Independent UK

Tax payers paid ‘steep price’ for Home Office asylum housing mistakes – report

The Public Accounts Committee found the Home Office ‘rushed’ to spend public money to cut costs but has ‘very little to to show for its efforts’.

The Independent UK

Cladding deadline ‘essentially meaningless’, campaigner tells MPs

The Public Accounts Committee held a session on the Government’s plans for remediation.

Evening Standard

Disability benefit claimants ‘wait 10 times longer for calls to be answered’

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee described the report’s findings as ‘disheartening’.

The Independent UK

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NHS and health department officials ‘out of ideas’ for transforming care – MPs

MPs said the Government’s NHS ambitions seem to ‘run counter to officials’ lack of ideas or drive to change’.

The Independent UK

Councils at breaking point over temporary accommodation costs, say MPs

A committee chair said local authorities are often ‘attempting to save a sinking ship with a little more than a leaky bucket’.

The Independent UK

HMRC should ‘take seriously’ recommendations, says spending watchdog chairman

An exchange of letters between bosses at the Public Accounts Committee and HM Revenue and Customs was published on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

HMRC ‘degrading its own services as a matter of policy’

Customer service has continued to deteriorate, the Public Accounts Committee said, as it urged the tax authority to be bolder in tackling abuse.

The Independent UK

The UK government’s tech purchase processes “downplay” the technical risks involved

NAO report cite ballooning costs of projects and cumulative decades of delays as consequences of insufficient planning.

TechRadar

‘Lost generation’ at risk of leaving school without vital Send support, MPs warn

Whether children receive support depends too much on their postcode, or how well families can navigate the system, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The Independent UK

Prince Andrew’s ‘opaque’ finances provoke calls for register of royal interests

Claims of refused FOI requests into Duke of York’s business dealings come as controversy over alleged Chinese spy continues

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Chancellor’s call for civil service savings will sound all too familiar to Whitehall

Rachel Reeves wants to drive efficiency savings as part of spending review – departments are used to the challenge

The Canberra Times

$78m HR upgrade failure prompts call for tougher ministerial standards

The public accounts committee wants more personal accountability.

The Hindu

Railways suffers loss due to injudicious procurement of machine by Patiala Locomotive: Parliament panel

Patiala Locomotive Works' procurement of a CNC machine caused a financial loss of ₹25.43 crore to the Railways, says PAC report.

Evening Standard

At least 700,0000 pupils being taught in schools in England that need major refurbishment, report states

The Public Accounts Committee said it was ‘alarming’ that 700,000 pupils in England were learning in schools in need of upgrades

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DfE’s lack of information on schools concrete crisis ‘shocking’, says MPs

The Public Accounts Committee said it was ‘alarming’ that 700,000 pupils in England were learning in schools in need of upgrades.

The Independent UK

MPs have ‘no confidence’ in promises made about new hospital programme

The Public Accounts Committee said the programme ‘will not deliver all 40 new hospitals by 2030’.

Evening Standard

Next HS2 boss could be paid more than predecessor's £677,000

Sir Jon Thompson, executive chairman of HS2 Ltd, told the Public Accounts Committee the salary to be offered for the vacant role is being assessed

The Independent UK

Effort to clear asylum backlog could shift pressure to elsewhere in system – MPs

The Government’s current business case for reform of the asylum system is ‘incomplete and unrealistic’, according to the Public Accounts Committee.

The Hindu

BTC issue: I will stick to PAC recommendation, says H.K. Patil

Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs H:K: Patil on Thursday said he would stick to the recommendations made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the State Legislature in 2020 on the cancellation of the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) licence and development of the BTC area as a park on…

The Independent UK

Staff shortages and work pressure blocking mental health improvements – report

The Public Accounts Committee has given a number of recommendations to NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care.

The Independent UK

RTE executive denies misleading committee on knowledge of Tubridy deal

Interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch insisted he had been ‘completely truthful’ in his evidence to the Public Accounts Committee in Dublin.

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