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UK commitment to free trade will be tested by US tariffs, senior MP warns

Dame Meg Hillier also said there had been ‘unrest’ among the Labour rank and file following welfare cuts announced by ministers in recent weeks.

Evening Standard

MPs quiz bank bosses over scale of IT failures after Barclays outage

The Treasury Committee, a cross-party group formed of 11 members, wrote to banks including Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Nationwide on Monday.

Evening Standard

Now crumbling RAAC concrete has been found in House of Parliament

Concrete crisis has now spread from schools and hospitals to the heart of the UK government

The Independent UK

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More than 600 schools surveyed so far for crumbling concrete, say officials

Officials also confirmed that the department has received 98% of responses to a questionnaire about potential Raac.

The Independent UK

Government accused of ‘flying blind’ on soaring levels of fraud

A panel has criticised the current system of fraud assessment.

The Independent UK

Health agency unable to prove billions of pounds spent properly, damning report finds

The UK Health Security Agency was launched in 2021 with such poor financial controls that it is unable to prove that billions of pounds were properly spent, MPs have ruled

Daily Mirror

Public confidence in justice system at risk due to delayed reforms, MPs warn

The courts service has almost ‘burnt through’ its entire budget to deliver a programme that is just over halfway complete, Dame Meg Hillier said.

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'Laissez-faire' approach to Covid loan schemes may lose taxpayers billions, say MPs

THE UK Government has increased the risk that taxpayers will lose money because of the way it has treated banks who lent during its Covid-era loan…

The National (Scotland)

Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

The Public Accounts Committee said the Government was only making ‘slow progress’ in combating fraud in the Bounce Back Loan scheme,

The Independent UK

Britain ‘seen as haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs

The ‘Inaction Fraud’ hotline was criticised by MPs.

The Independent UK

Ministers warned not to delay release of papers in PPE Medpro row

MPs have been told the release of documents on coronavirus contracts awarded to PPE Medpro might have to wait for criminal investigations to end.

The Independent UK

Consumers at risk due to post-Brexit regulatory system, Commons committee warns

The Commons Public Accounts committee has warned that regulators are ‘struggling to recruit and retain the skills they need to regulate effectively’.

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