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New Report On 'Financially Unsustainable' Special Educational Needs System Is 'Watershed Moment'
Health
New Report On "Financially Unsustainable" Special Educational Needs System Is "Watershed Moment"
A new report setting out the severe pressures facing the special educational needs system (SEND) ought to be a “watershed moment” for Westminster, a former children’s commissioner has warned.
Public Spending Watchdog To Investigate Delays To Multimillion-Pound Pensions Project
Economy
Public Spending Watchdog To Investigate Delays To Multimillion-Pound Pensions Project
Exclusive: The National Audit Office has agreed to investigate delays into the government’s long-awaited Pensions Dashboard project, which is now expected to be rolled out seven years late after costing the taxpayer millions of pounds.
We must find out where the government's £120m Unboxed festival went so wrong
Culture
By Julian Knight MP
We must find out where the government's £120m Unboxed festival went so wrong
Unboxed, the 2022 UK-wide festival of creativity, is nearly finished! You would be forgiven for not knowing that. Or that it had started in the first place.
Matt Hancock Said It Would Be 'Ridiculous' To Bar Ministers From Giving Covid Contracts To People They Know Amid Row Over PPE
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock Said It Would Be "Ridiculous" To Bar Ministers From Giving Covid Contracts To People They Know Amid Row Over PPE
Health secretary Matt Hancock has defended himself after his department was found to have acted "unlawfully" by failing to publish details of Covid contracts worth billions.
Partner content
Economy
By Association for Project Management
APM responds to the National Audit Office (NAO) report
Commons and Lords Speakers reject Boris Johnson’s call to move Parliament to York amid multibillion pound refurbishment
Political parties
Commons and Lords Speakers reject Boris Johnson’s call to move Parliament to York amid multibillion pound refurbishment
Boris Johnson’s call to consider temporarily moving Parliament to York while it undergoes major renovation works has been shot down by the speakers of the House of Commons and the Lords.
Universal Credit claims could cost Government as much as the benefits it replaced, new report finds
Coronavirus
Universal Credit claims could cost Government as much as the benefits it replaced, new report finds
Universal Credit may end up costing the government as much to distribute as the benefits system it replaced, a new report has found.
Home Office problems left ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers without access to doctor or schools for 86 days, watchdog finds
Home affairs
Home Office problems left ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers without access to doctor or schools for 86 days, watchdog finds
Hundreds of asylum seekers were left without access to a GP or schools for months after a Home Office programme to temporarily support and house them struggled to get going, the public spending watchdog has found.
Coronavirus has slowed removal of deadly Grenfell-style cladding even further, watchdog warns
Coronavirus
Coronavirus has slowed removal of deadly Grenfell-style cladding even further, watchdog warns
The coronavirus pandemic has delayed already slow progress in removing deadly Grenfell-style cladding from other residential high-rise buildings, a watchdog has warned.
Collapse of Thomas Cook cost taxpayer £156m, report says
Economy
Collapse of Thomas Cook cost taxpayer £156m, report says
Taxpayers forked out at least £156million over the collapse of Thomas Cook and repatriating 150,000 stranded passengers.