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

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

The Guardian - UK

Driving test backlog forces learners to pay up to £500 to automated bookers

The driving test backlog is not expected to reduce significantly until 2027

The Independent UK

Asylum system delays and backlogs wasted taxpayers’ money – watchdog

The NAO found the current cost of supporting people seeking asylum is “disproportionately high” and totalled around £4.9 billion for 2024-25.

Evening Standard

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Asylum overhaul in UK could lead to rise in homelessness and backlogs, says report

National Audit Office says Shabana Mahmood’s plans may have ‘unintended consequences’ on stretched system

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of asylum claims unresolved after three years, damning spending watchdog analysis finds

Ballooning backlog of asylum appeals is fuelled by shortage of immigration judges and lack of legal aid, national audit office finds

The Independent UK

Probation is in perpetual crisis. Can it protect the public from tens of thousands more criminals on the streets?

SPECIAL REPORT : There is a danger the ailing Probation Service is being ‘set up to fail’, the chief inspector of probation has warned, as the nation prepares for the biggest justice system overhaul in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Independent UK

The key symptoms of frailty in older people and how to get a diagnosis

Frailty isn’t an inevitable part of ageing

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GPs failing older people living with frailty, National Audit Office finds

Of patients diagnosed with condition in 2024/25, only 18% were assessed for fall risk and just 16% had a medical review

The Guardian - UK

Andrew ‘unlikely to receive compensation for leaving Royal Lodge’ – Crown Estate

The state of the 30-room property means ‘in all likelihood’ the King’s brother will not get almost £490,000 in compensation he might have had.

Evening Standard

MPs to investigate Crown Estate over disgraced Andrew's use of Royal Lodge

The Public Accounts Committee has asked the Crown Estate and Treasury to explain the rationale behind the 75-year lease

Evening Standard

Afghans still at risk from fresh data breach as it’s revealed MoD hasn’t fixed security flaws

No oversight of huge amounts of public money spent after MoD kept spending watchdog in the dark about secret Afghan evacuation scheme

The Independent UK

Government-backed NS&I facing £3bn bill for four-year overdue digital revamp

The savings giant ‘underestimated’ the scale of the challenge for its digital transformation programme, according to the National Audit Office.

Evening Standard

Soaring costs trigger calls to address transport for Send pupils in England

National Audit Office finds £415m overspend as more children travel farther to schools that meet their needs

The Guardian - UK

MoD still unclear on cost of RAF nuclear jet plan, MPs say

The Prime Minister announced in June that the UK would purchase 12 F-35A aircraft to potentially take part in airborne nuclear strikes.

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Ministry of Defence still unclear on cost of RAF nuclear jet plan, MPs say

Sir Keir Starmer announced at the Nato summit in June that the UK would purchase 12 F-35A jets

The Independent UK

Councils spend £415m more than budgeted on home to school transport – watchdog

The NAO spoke to 10 councils that had withdrawn or restricted free or subsidised transport for some young people

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on hospices: investment in end-of-life care is a national priority

Editorial: A new National Audit Office report reveals a sector in crisis. As the needs of an ageing population grow, it must be a wake-up call for the government

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Independent UK

Hospice cuts mean dying patients face inadequate care - report

Two thirds of hospices in England reported a financial deficit in 2023/24

The Independent UK

Dying patients facing cutbacks amid hospice ‘crisis’

Nearly two thirds of independent hospices reported a deficit in 2023/24.

The Independent UK

Probation Service performance worse since returning to public control – watchdog

The NAO also warned that the Government must fully understand the risks of work to ease workload pressures on the Probation Service.

The Guardian - UK

NHS medical negligence liabilities hit £60bn amid surge in maternity payouts

Audit finds average childbirth injury case costs more than £11m to settle as watchdog urges stronger safety measures

The Independent UK

NHS medical negligence costs hit £60 billion as childbirth injury payouts surge

The yearly cost of settling clinical negligence claims has more than tripled over the past two decades

The Independent UK

NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence hit £60bn

Clinical negligence is the second largest liability on the Government balance sheet after nuclear decommissioning.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of passwords linked to government departments leaked on dark web

Exclusive: Nine attempts have been made to sell classified UK military documents in the past year – with experts warning it could ‘directly undermine national security’

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