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UNCOVERED: The national audit office | History Defined

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ‘could have made £180k-a-year charging rent’ at Royal Lodge estate

The former prince was boosting his income by subletting three cottages at Royal Lodge, an audit has revealed

The Independent UK

All the revelations about Andrew, Beatrice, Eugenie and other royals in new finance report

Former Lib Dem minister Norman Baker accused the royal family of ‘taking the public for a complete ride’

Evening Standard

Peer ‘shocked’ that watchdog has not established Andrew’s property income

Margaret Hodge concerned over use of taxpayers’ money after revelations about former prince’s subletting

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Andrew sublet three cottages while paying ‘peppercorn rent’ to crown estate

Report into royal property affairs reveals disgraced ex-prince generated private income from Windsor Royal Lodge

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sublet three Royal Lodge cottages while paying peppercorn rent

Andrew’s daughters, princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, have lived at palaces rent-free for years, National Audit Office report reveals

Evening Standard

King Charles ‘could be paying £278k per year’ for Eugenie and Beatrice’s rent despite Andrew’s daughters being non-working royals

The National Audit Office has published a report on the royal family’s residential property arrangement

The Independent UK

Half of England’s schools unfit due to leaks, mould and faulty toilets, poll finds

NAHT survey says widespread disrepair forcing closure of playgrounds and classrooms, with Send facilities also hit

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Post Office and Windrush scandal victims waiting years for compensation as £12bn still unpaid

Less than a quarter of this sum had been paid out by February this year, the National Audit Office (NAO) said

The Independent UK

Shared ownership schemes are complex and not always fully understood – report

Weaknesses in information mean that government does not yet have a full understanding of how shared ownership works for consumers, the NAO said.

Evening Standard

Asylum overhaul in UK could lead to rise in homelessness and backlogs, says report

National Audit Office says Shabana Mahmood’s plans may have ‘unintended consequences’ on stretched system

The Guardian - UK

Government-backed NS&I facing £3bn bill for four-year overdue digital revamp

The savings giant ‘underestimated’ the scale of the challenge for its digital transformation programme, according to the National Audit Office.

Evening Standard

The Royal Household Reportedly “Stonewalled” a 2005 Investigation Into Prince Andrew’s Rent-Free Existence at Royal Lodge

"We found it very difficult to get any straight answers at all," said a former member of parliament.

Marie Claire

A home insulation fiasco has left tens of thousands in cold and leaky homes over winter

Britain’s flagship home insulation programme has received a damning verdict from the National Audit Office. Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, tens of thousands of households have been left with faulty or even dangerous installations. It’s a result, the auditors say, of weak oversight, poor skills and confused accountability.

The Conversation

Calls grow for ‘embarrassing’ Prince Andrew to leave Royal Lodge

Senior Tory Robert Jenrick says it’s ‘about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private’ as ‘the public are sick of him’

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Pressure mounts on Prince Andrew over Windsor Royal Lodge

Robert Jenrick says public is ‘sick’ of disgraced royal

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Four out of five Britons want Prince Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom

It comes as calls intensify for the King’s brother to vacate his Royal Lodge residence

Evening Standard

Four out of five Britons want Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom

A YouGov poll showed 80% of people want Andrew to have his Duke of York title officially removed amid calls for him to quit his Windsor mansion.

The Independent UK

Watchdog warns of market failure amid soaring children’s care home costs

The National Audit Office says local authority spending rose from £1.6 billion in the year ending March 2020 to £3.1 billion four years later.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s post-PM life: this is a test of public standards – Britain must not fail it

Editorial: Leaked files show public funds may have supported private deals. This corrodes public life. The National Audit Office should investigate

The Guardian - UK

Hotels, barges, military sites: where can England house people seeking asylum?

Ministers said to be considering a ‘range’ of options after hotel protests and high court ruling – but choices are limited

The Independent UK

RAF jets a ‘disappointing return’ on £11 billion cost as programme plagued by delays

The ‘full mission capable rate’ – an aircraft’s ability to carry out all its required missions – was only around a third of the target

Evening Standard

RAF’s most advanced jet a ‘disappointing return’ on £11 billion cost, NAO says

The F-35 programme, which could cost up to £71 billion over its lifetime, has suffered delays and personnel shortages, the National Audit Office said.

The Independent UK

Successive governments have failed to turn bus services around, watchdog says

Services have been reduced and passenger numbers are below pre-coronavirus levels, a report by the National Audit Office said.

The Independent UK

New biosecurity centre to tackle pandemics and animal disease gets £1bn funding

The announcement is part of a new national security strategy.

The Independent UK

UK ‘not prepared’ for major animal disease outbreak like foot and mouth or bird flu

Watchdog calls for urgent action after government admits there is a “very high” risk of an outbreak to which it would be unable to respond effectively

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