The previous government’s drive to boost dental care across England has “comprehensively failed” and resulted in fewer new patients seeing an NHS dentist, according to a highly critical report from...
Poor quality data and obsolete technology are hindering government plans to roll out the adoption of artificial intelligence across the public sector, a leading group of MPs has warned.
The English local audit crisis means the government is “flying blind” and failing to monitor the worsening financial health of local authorities, according to an influential group of MPs.
The government has failed to take urgent action to address record crown court backlogs, with “devastating” consequences for victims and their families, according to an influential group of MPs.
HMRC has likely “vastly underestimated” the scale of tax evasion and shown a lack of curiosity about the root of the problem, according to a critical parliamentary report.
HMRC has been accused of deliberately poor customer service as well as failure to chase up debts effectively and to do enough to tackle abuse of the tax system.
The crisis in support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) risks creating a “lost generation” as well as posing an existential financial threat for local authorities,...
There is “little to show” for the significant amount of money the government has spent attempting to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda and to house thousands of others in barges and former...
Fragmented funding in the face of rising waiting lists and chronic understaffing has brought the adult social care sector “to its knees”, according to an influential group of MPs.
The general election will end the most turbulent parliament in decades. Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier reflects on the lessons to be learned and what’s to come
Concerns over the pace and fairness of government compensation and financial redress schemes have prompted the Public Accounts Committee to request that the National Audit Office investigate.
The government’s mooted solution to the local audit crisis needs to work, or the Whole of Government Accounts risks being stuck in poor quality for several years, a group of MPs has warned.
The lack of quality procurement data has made it difficult for the government to demonstrate that £259bn spent in 2021-22 delivered value for money, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee...
Insufficient funding for councils and the government’s failure to properly regulate supported housing mean fraud in the sector is going “largely unaddressed”, MPs have warned.
