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Department of Health wasted £15bn on unused Covid supplies, watchdog finds

National Audit Office finds ‘extraordinary waste’ along with failures of governance, oversight and financial controls

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on civil service chiefs: be champions not courtiers

Editorial: Better government does not merely require new political leadership. It needs a new approach at the top of Whitehall too

The Guardian - UK

Gove evokes spirit of Thatcherism to help boost levelling-up agenda

Mr Gove said he wanted to see devolution powers deepen and expand to other areas.

The Independent UK

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Nazhim Zahawi news - live: HMRC suggests Tory chair did not make ‘innocent error’ as Sunak ‘livid’

Rishi Sunak said to be ‘livid’ with Cabinet minister in tax row

The Independent UK

Councils spent £12.5m on bids for Liz Truss’s investment zones, data shows

Exclusive: Labour compiled analysis of waste suffered by cash-strapped local authorities on the scheme, binned by the government weeks later

The Guardian - UK

Why Andy Burnham and Manchester council leader want the UK to follow in Germany's footsteps

Local leaders will be making their case at Convention of the North

Manchester Evening News

What would a genuine plan for levelling up the north of England look like? Ask a German

They have laws requiring equality between the states and a funding regime to make it happen. Imagine that kind of Britain, says Manchester mayor Andy Burnham

The Guardian - UK

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Councils forced to freeze levelling up projects as soaring costs exceed grants

Exclusive: Half a billion pounds lost from projects funded by government schemes due to inflation and rising costs

The Guardian - UK

Ethical values must be integral to Whitehall, says standards watchdog

The Committee on Standards in Public Life says too often it takes a crisis before authorities act.

The Independent UK

Whitehall watchdog to investigate appointment of BBC chairman amid Johnson claim

The public appointments commissioner has intervened amid concerns over Richard Sharp’s role helping Boris Johnson secure a loan.

The Independent UK

Revealed: The Whitehall tax sleuth who made Nadhim Zahawi pay £5m

‘He is a cross between Martin Lewis and Sherlock Holmes,’ an ex-colleague says

The Independent UK

Read Nadhim Zahawi’s response to The Independent over tax allegations in full

Rishi Sunak facing calls to sack Conservative Party chairman

The Independent UK

New railway line, cycle routes and historic buildings share £208 million in UK Government Levelling Up funds

A total of 11 projects are receiving funds, but the Welsh Government has said Wales is still £1.1bn short of what it used to receive from the EU

Wales Online

Levelling Up: Mapped - how much cash is being allocated to each area of the UK

The successful bids announced today follows the allocation of £1.7bn to 105 projects in the UK from round one of the Levelling Up Fund in 2021

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

‘Unacceptable’ vetting delays hampering national security, says watchdog

The National Audit Office said ‘meaningful reform’ at UK Security Vetting is essential.

The Independent UK

Redistributing power is only route out of national malaise – Nandy

Labour has promised to replace the Government’s levelling up missions with more ‘tangible’ targets.

Daily Mirror

Loopholes let ex-advisers 'fly under the radar' as most get jobs as 'shadow lobbyists'

More than half of the 521 Special Advisers who left Whitehall between 1997 and 2017 got jobs in advocacy or lobbying for corporate firms or interest groups

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: cabinet split over NHS pay disputes piles pressure on Sunak

Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workers

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Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester could get more powers to help people off benefits and into work

Labour wants to give mayors like Andy Burnham more control over vital employment support schemes

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab's department blows £320,000 on PR advisers

The Ministry of Justice, which is led by the Deputy Prime Minister, has brought in marketing experts from outside Whitehall. The MOJ insisted it was ‘a contract for advertising prison officer jobs'

The Guardian - UK

Atom Valley: Andy Burnham’s vision for regenerating Greater Manchester

The regional mayor has taken levelling up into his own hands with the ‘nuclear option’ of a hi-tech manufacturing hub named for the city’s role in splitting the atom

Daily Mirror

Tories give civil servants £30m vouchers from Argos to Primark - but no proper pay rise

The use of 'reward and recognition' vouchers for civil servants has surged as Tories dig in and refuse to negotiate a proper pay rise for staff, despite inflation soaring

Wales Online

Civil servants paid nearly £30 million in high-street vouchers despite pay freeze

Ministers have been accused of getting around their own pay freeze by handing out the vouchers, while refusing to discuss pay for nurses

The Independent UK

Civil servants paid nearly £30 million in high-street vouchers amid pay freeze

A third more ‘reward and recognition’ vouchers were distributed in 2021-22 than in 2020-21 and two thirds more than in 2018-19.

Liverpool Echo

Everything that's happened since commissioners came to Liverpool Council

The Government appointed officials are halfway through their three year stay

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