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Passport Office told to 'learn lessons' from delays to avoid repeat in 2023

HM Passport Office should prepare for similar levels of demand in 2023 after struggling to process post-Covid applications in 2022, audit warns

Chronicle Live

Sir John Bourn obituary

Long-serving comptroller and auditor general who scrutinised government spending and shed light on royal finances

The Guardian - UK

Nationwide festival which attracted thousands to Paisley branded 'colossal waste of money'

About Us was part of the UK-wide UnBoxed project which was a £120 million initiative.

Daily Record

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Festival of Brexit chief claims event was ‘success’ despite falling far short of visitor target

2.8 million attended live events, organisers reveal – but project branded ‘colossal waste of money’

The Independent UK

Home Office’s ‘out-of-date’ grasp of fraud highlighted by watchdog

Government using six-year-old data while crime goes largely unchallenged, says National Audit Office

The Guardian - UK

New driving licence applications have taken over a year for 90,000 people

DVLA have struggled with the backlog caused by Covid, as those with medical conditions have been kept in limbo

Wales Online

Meta mass sackings show Mark Zuckerberg is rattled

Investors only have themselves to blame for not insisting on equal voting rights to rein in tech pioneer

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DVLA keeps 91,000 people waiting more than a YEAR for a new driving licence

Nearly 100,000 “medical licensing” cases since April 2020 have been delayed by more than a year as the DVLA in Swansea tries to clear a Covid drivers' licence backlog

Daily Mirror

DVLA driving licence warning to those with medical conditions following covid backlog

A new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that those with medical conditions applying for a driving licence may have a longer delay. This comes after the DVLA cleared all backlogs and returned to normal processing times earlier this year for all standard applications.

Glasgow Live

Covid: Up to £4.5billion of support scheme money lost to fraud, report states

‘While the figures are highly uncertain, large amounts of error and fraud are unlikely ever to be recovered,’ the report said

Evening Standard

Covid furlough scheme ‘lost billions of pounds to error and fraud’

Government insists compliance checks minimised fraud from start of scheme

The Independent UK

Covid furlough scheme lost billions of pounds to error and fraud, says watchdog

‘Billions went to people whose incomes increased during the pandemic, and billions more was lost in fraud and error,’ the National Audit Office said.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's awful record as PM leaves office - from Covid failings to Brexit chaos

Few other British Prime Ministers have done more to erode faith in our democratic institutions, writes Head of Politics Jason Beattie

Daily Mirror

DWP: Thousands claiming Attendance Allowance could be due a benefits windfall due to under-payments

A National Audit Office report suggest thousands could be due extra money from the DWP.

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Women over State Pension age urged to check if they are eligible for backdated payments

Six groups of women over the State Pension age may be eligible for money amid backdated payments after a report by the DWP revealed many have have been underpaid.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's 40 'new' hospitals election boast to be probed by audit watchdog

The National Audit Office will carry out a 'value for money' review that reports back next year on spiralling inflation - and whether the 40 projects are really 'new' at all

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson faces investigation into claims over 40 ‘new’ hospitals

Trusts reveal only five wholly new hospitals planned, as Labour says the scheme ‘exists only in PM’s imagination’

The Independent UK

Energy supplier collapses likely to cost around £2.7bn, report finds

Failures of energy companies were caused by high prices, but were made more likely by regulator Ofgem, the National Audit Office said.

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The Independent UK

Timeline of troubled Crossrail project

The scheme has suffered a number of problems.

The Independent UK

Timeline of troubled Crossrail project

When was it supposed to open and what was its first budget?

Wales Online

Number of children in custody set to double by 2024

The National Audit Office report also finds that ethnic minority groups are overrepresented in custody

The Guardian - UK

Landfill tax rises boosting fly-tipping, says spending watchdog

National Audit Office says tax has increased amount of money criminals can make from waste crime

Daily Mirror

Latest blow for troubled £5.5bn Army vehicles as just five of 27 problems fixed

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey forced the information about the Ajax fiasco out of the Ministry of Defence as Vladimir Putin's forces continue their Ukraine invasion

The Independent UK

Why just 7 per cent of Britain’s native woodland is in good shape

‘It’s important that it’s the right tree in the right place,’ says one expert

The Guardian - UK

UK quarantine hotels cost taxpayer £400m, watchdog finds

National Audit Office reveals losses in report on how UK managed cross-border travel during Covid pandemic

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