DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

Government to miss affordable homes building targets by 32,000, MPs say

Not enough socially-rented homes are being built to ease the national housing crisis, the Public Accounts Committee has said.

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

UK Government under pressure to release Michelle Mone PPE contract papers

A MOTION demanding the UK Government release records of the controversial PPE contract lobbied for by Michelle Mone has passed in the House…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 6, 2022

Government not prioritising threat of ‘devastating’ animal diseases, MPs warn

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee warns the UK’s main animal disease facility has been 'left to deteriorate to an alarming extent'

Wales Online · Nov 16, 2022

Red list hotel quarantine subsidised by over £1m a day by taxpayers – and ‘no evidence’ that it worked

One in three travellers who were supposed to be quarantining at home may have breached rules – despite government spending over £100m home visits to check compliance

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

UK Government 'doesn’t know' if Covid rules on travel, quarantine or home isolation actually worked

A new report published on Tuesday says Westminster is "not learning lessons fast enough from the pandemic and is missing opportunities to react quickly to future emergencies"

Wales Online · Jul 25, 2022

Government unsure if Covid traffic light system worked despite public disruption

Testing and quarantine requirements changed 10 times between February 2021 and January 2022 but ministers don't know 'whether the system worked or whether the cost was worth the disruption caused', the Public Accounts Committee warned

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

One-third of all police in England and Wales to be inexperienced constables on probation because of 20,000 uplift

MP’s warn Boris Johnson’s pledge has ‘focused on entry level officers rather than those with experience’

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Fraud, waste, and unlawful 'VIPs': Report lays bare Tory 'incompetence' over PPE

UK taxpayers will be footing the bill for mistakes the Tory government made during the pandemic “for years to come”, the chair of a…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 20, 2022

Covid: Three million UK adults still unvaccinated

Nearly three million adults in England remain unvaccinated against Covid, according to the latest figures.

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

More than 200,000 people have now died with Covid in the UK

It comes amid a new push to get people vaccinated as infection rates surge again

Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022