£2.5BILLION... that is the total Ministry of Defence bill after Afghan leak blunder ⊖
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The shock figure was buried in a Treasury report that admitted officials withheld details from the National Audit Office.
16 days ago
Britain’s building standards are now so bad, even the super-rich are facing housing misery | Phineas Harper ⊖
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Residents of the UK’s most expensive flats have won a court case over defective pipework. If their homes are shoddily built, what hope do the rest of us have?
Even multimillionaires can’t escape Brit…
73 days ago
Promise of seven-week driving test wait in Great Britain ‘unlikely to happen until 2027’ ⊕
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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…
Adults in England with eating disorders wait up to 700 days for treatment, report finds ○
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Audit finds on average adults wait twice as long as children for assessment and more than 10 times as long to be treated
Adults with eating disorders in England are waiting up to 700 days for vital tr…
Learner drivers face 24-week wait as backlog continues for two more years ○
The National Audit Office said there was a backlog of 1.1 million tests since the Covid-19 pandemic.
80 days ago
UK asylum system hit by inefficiencies and wasted funds, watchdog finds ⊖
In a new analysis, the National Audit Office finds “reactive” government policies moved problems elsewhere.
4 months ago
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis ⊖⊖
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…
The Guardian view on childbirth and medical negligence: rising payouts highlight the urgency of maternity improvements ⊖
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Grave shortcomings in the care offered to mothers and babies are well documented. But it is not clear that the right lessons have been learned
The startling rise in the cost to the NHS in England of m…
Soaring NHS medical negligence bill quadruples to £60billion, with nuclear decommissioning the only larger liability on the government's balance sheet ○
A rising number of claims, larger payouts and spiralling legal fees have all fuelled the rise, the National Audit Office says.
5 months ago
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. If this isn’t unlawful, it’s still corrosive. The National Audit Office must investigate
Boris Johnson’s Eton housemaster warned that h…