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MPs fear planning laws reform could strip residents of right to object

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner denied Tory claims that residents would have less power to say no to plans near them.

Evening Standard

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

Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs

A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.

The Independent UK

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‘Patchy and behind deadline’: MPs attack UK rollout of EV charging points

Committee warns of serious injustice to disabled motorists and those reliant on public chargers

The Guardian - UK

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

‘Over-reliance’ on Leveson Review will delay courts reform – report

MPs are urging the Government to set out a plan of action to start addressing the courts backlog while it waits for the Leveson Review.

The Independent UK

HS2 is an example of ‘how not to run a project’ and may not even reach Birmingham, MPs find

Even if the slimmed down project is delivered it will ‘bring very poor value for money’, damning report finds

The Independent UK

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£5.5bn lost to tax evasion could be ‘vast underestimate’ by HMRC, MPs warn

The UK’s tax authority has processes which are ‘far too open to abuse’, the Public Accounts Committee warned.

The Independent UK

Government warned over ‘high risk’ multibillion-pound backing for carbon capture

The MPs called on the Government to assess whether its support for carbon capture utilisation and storage in the UK will be affordable for taxpayers.

Evening Standard

Disabled Britons suffering 'unacceptable treatment' at hands of DWP

The damning report comes ahead of Labour plans to cut disability benefit spending

The Independent UK

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

‘Complacent’ health chiefs in England lack drive to transform NHS, say MPs

Public accounts committee finds DHSC and NHS England leaders appear short of the energy and urgency needed

The Guardian - UK

Cyber threat against UK Government severe and advancing quickly, warns watchdog

Officials have been told that Wednesday’s report from the National Audit Office should serve as a ‘wake-up call’.

Evening Standard

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’.

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Councils ‘haemorrhaging funds’ as costs of housing homeless surge

Booming use of temporary accommodation to house homeless families has led to ‘crisis situation’ for England’s councils

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’.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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.

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The Independent UK

Maintenance backlog of crumbling schools and hospitals ‘costs at least £49bn’

The National Audit Office Ministers has also warned ministers that allowing the waiting list of repairs to linger is a ‘false economy’.

International Business Times UK

UK Woman Receives £955 From Child Trust Fund She Didn't Know She Had: Do You Have One, Too?

Latonya Skye-Paterson, a 20-year-old student, was surprised to discover a £955 Child Trust Fund she didn't know existed. It turns out she's not alone.

The Independent UK

Drivers being put at risk by ‘highways riddled with potholes’

It comes as the cost of fixing vehicles damaged by potholes reaches a record high

The Independent UK

Commons committee chairman says local roads are ‘riddled with potholes’

Local road conditions in England are worsening but the DfT has shown ‘too little interest’ in what difference its funding has made.

The Independent UK

Cost of Premiership rugby’s failed three underlined with £30m loans yet to be recovered

Wasps, Worcester and London Irish went out of business in 2022/23

Evening Standard

Prison plans could cost ‘extra £4bn and be short of 12,400 cell spaces by 2027’

The National Audit Office published a report on prison funding on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Spending watchdog refuses to sign off ‘inadequate’ public sector accounts

A lack of clarity on local government spending due to a backlog in audits led to an unprecedented decision by the National Audit Office.

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