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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

The Guardian - UK

Covid travel rules that cost £486m in taxpayers’ money were imposed without overall assessment

The National Audit Office urged the Government to learn lessons in case travel restrictions need to be reintroduced

The Independent UK

UK Foreign Office rushed £4.2bn of aid cuts, official audit finds

Support slashed despite warnings about impact, with offices told not to discuss plans with local partners, says National Audit Office report

The Guardian - UK

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Covid PPE waste exposed as HALF of suppliers gave items that could not be used

A report from the National Audit Office found the Department for Health and Social Care is still dealing with issues over almost 10,000 Covid contracts drawn up to purchase around 38 billion PPE items

Daily Mirror

No big British defence project is on time and on budget, as PM heads to NATO

A study by Whitehall spending watchdog the National Audit Office has revealed none of the Ministry of Defence's programmes in the £166.6bn Major Projects Portfolio has the coveted "green" rating

Daily Mirror

Government did not sufficiently consider if tree-planting targets are realistic, watchdog says

‘It is not expecting to achieve the amount of new tree-planting in 2021-22 that it set out to,’ head of National Audit Office says

The Independent UK

‘Disappointing’ progress in work to keep women out of prison – report

Whitehall’s spending watchdog the National Audit Office found the Ministry of Justice has not made its female offender strategy a ‘priority’.

The Independent UK

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BBC funding: licence fee debate risks overlooking value of UK's public broadcasters

The proposed two-year freeze in the TV licence fee has prompted a lively debate about BBC funding. The move puts huge pressure on the Corporation’s finances, which have taken an estimated 30% real-term cut since 2010. The National Audit Office suggested in its December 2021 report that further budget reductions…

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