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OPINION - Why HS2 may mean *fewer* people travel by train

Imagine spending upwards of £50bn on a new high speed rail line which ends up cutting capacity and leading to slower journey times. Good news! You don't have to. It is a reasonable description of the impact of axing HS2 north of Birmingham, via a properly jaw-dropping report by the National…

Evening Standard

King to receive extra £45m of public money as crown estate income soars

Royal accounts show estate made £1.1bn profit, meaning sovereign grant will rise to £132m for 2025-26

The Guardian - UK

NHS finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

National Audit Office says NHS in England too cash-strapped to treat patients quickly enough

The Guardian - UK

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Homelessness in England at highest level on record, watchdog says

National Audit Office report on Tory government’s attempts to tackle problem finds situation has worsened since 2017

The Guardian - UK

Disadvantaged children further behind in school than a decade ago despite £9bn spent, watchdog finds

The Department for Education (DfE) does not have a strategy to tackle the problem, a report from the National Audit Office has warned

The Independent UK

Buckingham Palace renovation spend tops £239m amid asbestos discovery

Asbestos and historic structural damage amongst unforeseen discoveries that ‘slowed progress’

The Independent UK

West coast fares could rise to incentivise people ‘to not travel by rail’, UK watchdog says

DfT told to look into lessening demand amid reduced capacity after HS2’s second leg axed

The Guardian - UK

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Collective wait of 753 years for people phoning DWP in 2023/24, watchdog says

Poor service can have a range of detrimental impacts, including frustration, distress and disruption for customers, the National Audit Office said.

The Independent UK

Public will be encouraged NOT to travel after HS2 axed, new report finds

RISHI Sunak’s decision to curtail HS2 means the public may need to be incentivised not to travel by train, according to the UK’s public spending…

The National (Scotland)

'Years of delay' before new HS2 station at Euston gets off ground, warns public spending watchdog

Report lists disastrous impact of Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay high-speed rail link

Evening Standard

Councils spending half their budgets on homelessness as problem hits record high, damning report finds

Government has failed to tackle the issue despite higher funding, National Audit Office report says

The Independent UK

Sunak’s scrapping of HS2 will cost £100m and take up to three years, National Audit Office warns

NAO lays bare the cost and complications of decision to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed rail plan, first revealed by The Independent

The Independent UK

Buckingham Palace: Two miles of 'dangerous' electrical cables ripped out to stop a devastating fire

The risk of a blaze and flood were the initial focus of a ten-year refurbishment programme

Evening Standard

Reality check: is Keir Starmer’s triple lock on nuclear weapons anything new?

We look at the facts and figures behind Labour’s promise and its affordability

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The Independent UK

Businesses battered by Brexit urge Labour and Tories to slash EU tariffs

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) cites improved relations with the trading bloc as part of its five-point plan to boost economic growth

Evening Standard

'Sticking plasters will not cut it': Lawyers demand Royal Commission into criminal justice from next government

The Bar Council says ‘sticking plaster’ justice policies are no longer enough

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Breaking down the big issues as the election campaign kicks off

In today’s newsletter: From the cost of living to immigration and the environment, where will the Conservatives and Labour seek to charm voters as they hit the campaign trail?

The Independent UK

Bid to cut crown court backlog no longer achievable, spending watchdog warns

Cases waiting to be heard hit record levels instead of falling, with most taking nearly two years to go ahead

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The Guardian - UK

Court backlog target in England and Wales no longer achievable, says NAO

Watchdog says outstanding caseload has increased from 60,000 to 67,573 since MoJ set target of 53,000 in 2021

The Guardian - UK

National Audit Office to investigate growing scandal over carer’s allowance

Government watchdog says action prompted by DWP’s lack of progress in tackling overpayments problems

The Independent UK

£5bn Brexit border checks system still has no timetable for launch, spending watchdog says

The government has no clear timetable to fully implement its post-Brexit border controls with the EU, the National Audit Office warns

The Guardian - UK

Post-Brexit border checks forecast to cost UK £4.7bn, says NAO

Watchdog says says repeated delays have caused unnecessary costs and strategy lacks a ‘clear timetable’

The Guardian - UK

Rubbish music, chatbots and online queues: welcome to your life lived on hold

Last year British taxpayers spent 800 years waiting to speak to HMRC. This is the price of a world digitised on the cheap, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt

The Guardian - UK

Ministers clawing back £251m from carers hit by DWP’s allowance failures

‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments

The Guardian - UK

All parents, working or not, should have access to childcare, say experts in England

Rescue and reform manifesto from Early Education and Childcare Coalition calls for overhaul of model

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