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Is HS2 Worth The Money?

PA | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK

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...

Public Spending Watchdog To Investigate BBC Pay-Offs

PA | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK

The public spending watchdog is to investigate BBC severance packages after it emerged almost 200 senior managers received pay-offs of more than £100...

'Inventing Rules'

PA | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK Politics

There is real concern that NHS organisations will go bankrupt under the new arrangements being brought in by the Government's health reforms but minis...

Rocks Off? Rescue Of Bank 'Cost Taxpayer £2bn'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK

The early sale of bank Northern Rock to Virgin Money was the "best way" to protect the taxpayer from greater losses, a report from the spending watchd...

Are Free Nursery Places Just A Waste Of Time?

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Free nursery places for pre-school children may not have a lasting impact on their education, a watchdog suggested on Friday. A report by the Natio...

Student Cuts Would Be History If Government 'Got Its Act Together', Says NAO

PA | Posted 16.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Up to £70 million a year could be slashed from further education (FE) red tape to protect students from cuts if the Government got its act together, ...

Money Squeeze Could Put Schools In The Red And Hit Academic Performance

PA | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Financial pressures may put more schools in the red, which could lead to a drop in achievement, the spending watchdog has found. If schools struggl...