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Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

The Public Accounts Committee said the Government was only making ‘slow progress’ in combating fraud in the Bounce Back Loan scheme,

The Independent UK

Britain ‘haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs

The ‘Inaction Fraud’ hotline was criticised by MPs

The Independent UK

Three million people suffer driving licence delays since April 2020 – report

MPs say the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s system to process applications is ‘slow, inefficient and in need of major improvement’.

The Independent UK

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Thousands of teenagers owed share of huge £394million cash pot - check your eligibility

Around 145,000 young people are entitled to a share of the £394million child trust funds cash pot - which works at an average of £2,717 each, according to the official spending watchdog

Daily Mirror

Billions of pounds lost to fraud and error during Covid likely to be lost 'forever'

Cross-party MPs on the Public Accounts Committee claim HMRC's attempts to claw back some £2.3 billion incorrectly paid to employers claiming furlough has been 'woeful'

Daily Mirror

Efforts to recoup billions in wrongly claimed furlough cash ‘woeful’, claim MPs

The Public Accounts Committee report on Covid employment support said HMRC was too slow to tackle problems in the design of the schemes.

The Independent UK

NHS in ‘full blown crisis’ and will miss targets to cut cancer waiting lists, MPs warn

’The metrics are going in the wrong direction’

The Independent UK

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Young black boys almost THREE times more likely to enter youth justice system

Children from ethnic minority backgrounds make up more than half all children in custody. The proportion has increased from 32% in 2010 to 53% in 2020

Daily Mirror

NHS reforms will not work until chronic problems solved, MPs warn

The Government must address severe workforce shortages, record backlogs and a crumbling NHS estate, a Commons committee said.

The Independent UK

Agency responsible for Test and Trace programme scolded for accounting failings

Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said the lack of clarity over the UKHSA’s finances were ‘astonishing and unacceptable’.

The Independent UK

Braverman, Raab, Zahawi: who’s next in Rish!’s Tory circus of inaction?

Motionless in terror, the PM waits for the onslaught to dematerialise, for crises to pass of their own accord

The Guardian - UK

Delays to Westminster renovation costing £2.5 million per week

DELAYS to the renovation of Westminster are costing £2.5 million per week, according to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The National (Scotland)

Covid era tax-dodging cost £9BILLION as prosecutions plummeted, watchdog finds

Thousands of staff who usually checked people and businesses were paying the right amount of tax were moved to Covid support schemes - meaning far fewer people were investigated

Daily Mirror

What is the Tory party’s legacy after so many years in power? Pretty thin gruel

Rishi Sunak is rehearsing reasons for voters to choose his party again with MPs wavering over standing at the next election

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UK vulnerable to major animal disease outbreaks, report finds

Inadequate management and under investment in main Animal and Plant Health Agency facility has left country at risk, MPs warn

Wales Online

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

Daily Mirror

Albanian PM blasts Suella Braverman for making citizens scapegoats for UK 'failures'

Edi Rama accused the crisis-hit Home Secretary of 'discriminating' against Albanians and slammed the 'easy rhetoric' of targeting his people for Britain's immigration woes

Daily Mirror

Scowling Suella Braverman told she's 'broken the law' in furious PMQs attacks

Rishi Sunak battled to defend Suella Braverman, who he reappointed as Home Secretary only six days after she was forced to resign for a serious breach of ministerial rules.

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Randox lawyers demand MPs retract ‘defamatory’ report on Covid contracts

Schillings says Randox was ‘ambushed’ by ‘inaccurate’ and ‘misleading’ allegations, as it had not been given ‘reasonable’ chance to comment.

The Independent UK

Affordable homes ‘depressingly unattainable’ and attempts to fix housing crisis ‘not good enough’, say MPs

Fewer homes could be completed than currently forecast because of building cost inflation and shortages of materials and labour, National Audit Office warns

The Independent UK

Home Office faces challenges in meeting target on police numbers, MPs warn

The effort to hire another 6,500 officers by next March could be hampered by a tight labour market and decline in trust in policing, a committee said.

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Notre Dame? Why MPs need to solve the Houses of Parliament problem

The renovation of the Palace of Westminster has foundered amid soaring cost projections, infighting and safety fears. Can anyone find a way forward?

The Independent UK

Parliament restoration plan ‘unacceptably slow’ and untransparent – committee

It is ‘inconceivable’ that the Palace should be allowed to deteriorate further and MPs are put in danger, the Public Accounts Committee chair said.

The Independent UK

Government accused by MPs of squandering billions of pounds on ‘levelling up’

The Public Affairs Committee has accused the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of unfairly allocating funding.

The Independent UK

Covid fraud losses could top £4.9bn after swindlers given ‘open goal’, MPs warn

Goverment urged to explain exactly how it plans to recover funds

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