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NAO

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 22:05 UTC

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72 days ago

Promise of seven-week driving test wait in Great Britain ‘unlikely to happen until 2027’ ⊕

found 2025 › Dec › 17 (Wed) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Government efforts to recruit examiners fail again with average test slot wait now at 22 weeks, report says

Plans to cut the wait for a driving test to seven weeks by the end of the year will not be a…

3 months ago

Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 29 (Wed) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases

Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis…

5 months ago

Secret Afghan airlift: spending watchdogs condemn MOD 'confusion' over public cash splashed on scheme exposed by Daily Mail which ministers had quietly agreed to devote £7billion on without asking or informing taxpayers ○

found 2025 › Sep › 03 (Wed) @ 05:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Ministers' hush-hush £7billion airlift of Afghan migrants into Britian remains shrouded in secrecy, the official auditor, spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO), has ruled

8 months ago

Local bus services in England still declining despite investment – report ○

found 2025 › Jun › 27 (Fri) @ 05:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

National Audit Office questions viability of many routes, with half of all operator income from public subsidy

Local bus services in England have continued to decline despite attempts by successive go…

9 months ago

Britain spends £4million a DAY on migrant hotels and asylum accommodation: Taxpayers will pay £15BILLION over 10 years - more than TRIPLE original estimate, shock report shows ○

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 10:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Contracts were originally forecast to cost £4.5billion over a decade from 2019 but are now expected to run to £15.3bn over same period, after the Channel crisis exploded, NAO says

Labour's promise of 6,500 extra teachers paid for with VAT on private schools 'might not fix shortage', watchdog warns ○

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 23:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The National Audit Office (NAO) said it is 'not clear' whether the pledge will solve the problem as there is currently no 'delivery plan'.

12 months ago

UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics ○

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 06:38 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAO

Superbugs are on the rise in the UK and the government …

Whitehall is at risk from hackers due to poor cyber defences and outdated IT, report warns ○

found 2025 › Jan › 29 (Wed) @ 06:58 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The inquiry by the National Audit Office (NAO) was branded a 'wake-up call' for officials to step-up defences against hostile actors.

14 months ago

Only 15% of public electric car charging points are in rural areas as EV transition threatens to leave behind millions of drivers ○

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 07:42 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The National Audit Office (NAO) has urged ministers to put 'greater focus' on ensuring more devices in rural locations and regions outside the South East.

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