The HS2 high-speed rail project has an estimated £3.3 billion funding gap which the Government has yet to decide how to fill, a report from a Whiteha...
The latest report from the National Audit Office warns that a quarter of a million extra school places will be needed in England by autumn 2014 to meet rising demand because the past decade has seen the biggest increase in birth rate since the 1950s.
More needs to be done to protect whistleblowers in the NHS, the government has been warned. The National Audit Office said NHS managers should be h...
A dearth of skilled workers is hampering Britain's ability to protect itself from costly internet attacks and it could take two decades to fill the ga...
I hope I may be excused feeling a little smug today - the chickens are coming home to roost in precisely the way I hoped they would. Two successive reports from the government's financial watchdog, the NAO, have effectively endorsed the very difficult decisions we took while I was at MoD.
An extra £1 billion was spent by the Government in the last two years on turning schools into academies, the spending watchdog has said. The Natio...
Margaret Hodge has defended the role of the powerful Commons public accounts committee, which she chairs, after Michael Gove said it was one of the co...
Struggling NHS trusts have received more than £1 billion in bailout funds in six years, figures show. The Department of Health gave emergency fund...
English people will live longer than their Scottish neighbours, newly published statistics show. The average English man will live to the age of 78...
Ministers have been accused of leaving "glaring holes" in fraud controls on welfare-to-work firm A4e as one of its contracts was axed. The National...
The student visa scheme has been criticised for "avoidable" and "predictable" failings by the government's own efficiency watchdog, with almost 50,000...
A public spending watchdog has found two projects costing £98 million that were set up to boost tax collection rates failed to help rake in any extra...
The armed forces risk losing vital skills because of the speed of the government's defence cuts, the Whitehall spending watchdog warned today. The ...
The government has announced a £1.5bn bailout for NHS trusts suffering serious financial problems. Seven hospital trusts have been identified as t...
Government departments need to make "fundamental changes" to successfully cut spending by 2015, spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has ...
The government could get more value-for-money from adult apprenticeships, according to a report by spending watchdog the national audit office. The...
The 'bonfire of the quangos' will cost almost double government estimates, according to spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). Instead ...
The controversial sale of state-owned bank Northern Rock will be investigated by the public spending watchdog, it has been confirmed. Amyas Mors...
A total of £1.4 billion in unpaid fines and penalties could be lost and the courts service has failed to provide even basic accounting records, White...
There is a "real risk" preparations for the London 2012 Olympics will be knocked off-course, according to a report by the National Audit Office. Th...
The level of inspections of care homes in England fell "significantly" following the introduction of a new watchdog, which has so far failed to delive...
Criminals owe nearly £2 billion in unpaid court fees and confiscation orders, a report has found. The Ministry of Justice had £1.26 billion outst...
The public sector auditor has warned of shortcomings in the Government's social care reforms, saying many users are struggling to cope with the n...
Co-ordination between different welfare benefits has to be improved if Government departments are to achieve value for money, the National Audit Offic...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Plans for historic reforms to the royal finances that will see the Queen's official duties supported by profits from the Crown Es...
