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National Audit Office RSS feedTime to come clean: Is £1200 a year value for money?
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<b>Energy analysis: </b>Did you know this winter’s household energy consumer has never had it so good? Ask Steve Holliday, chief executive of the National Grid2009-10-15T07:40:34ZA cause célèbre that is missing the real target
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While what is left of our major armaments industry is put through the wringer, the rest of the world’s defence companies must be chortling2009-10-01T08:12:29ZSpending cuts must not stop Crossrail
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It's simple, to fund borrowing, let alone to reduce the deficit, there will have to be cuts in public spending, regardless of which party is in power2009-07-23T08:14:32ZHumiliation for Darling as audit finds a hole in Treasury’s bank bailout figures
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Alistair Darling embarrassed as Treasury’s accounts were qualified for the first time in its 350-year history2009-07-20T08:35:22ZEquality chief attacked for rehiring colleagues on even higher salaries
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Britain's equalities chief criticised for re-hiring seven of his former colleagues on inflated pay only weeks after handing them large redundancy payments2009-07-20T08:31:38ZFinancial regulation: the Governor’s role
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The Governor of the Bank of England made clear that he had not been fully consulted about the Government’s proposals for regulatory reform of the financial sector2009-06-25T07:58:10ZAll aboard the Metronet gravy train
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A day when London has to cope with the chaos caused by a Tube strike is a good day to take a hard look at a report slipped out by the Government late last Friday. When most people in Whitehall were preoccupied with other things, the National Audit Office report into the collapse of Metronet, one of two companies given 30-year contracts to modernise the Tube under the public finance initiative escaped the scrutiny it deserved2009-06-11T06:50:59ZTaxpayers' £410m bill for Metronet
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Taxpayers lost up to £410 million due to the failure of Tube upgrade firm Metronet, a scathing report has found2009-06-05T09:01:33ZMPs blast BBC's 'disgraceful' secret pay deals of star presenters
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MPs today attacked the BBC as "disgraceful" for refusing to reveal the pay deals of its top presenters2009-06-04T08:42:44ZWhitehall cuts are not enough
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As the Chancellor prepares to reveal in Wednesday's Budget just how far Britain has gone into the red, it seems almost certain that he will have to cut public spending. Mr Darling is reported to be considering £15 billion in Whitehall efficiency cuts. Such promises must be treated with caution.2009-04-20T08:06:34ZNo love lost between PM and audit office
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2009-03-23T09:00:22ZNorthern Rock agreed £800m in high risk loans after bail-out
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Nationalised Northern Rock was allowed to lend £800 million in high-risk mortgages for six months after being placed on life-support with billions from the taxpayer2009-03-20T08:21:37ZBrown 'ignored 2004 warning on bank cash crisis'
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Gordon Brown came under fire as it emerged that he failed to act on a warning about a gaping hole in emergency planning to cope with a banking crisis2009-03-20T09:56:46ZGoldman faces a double grilling on Rock rescue role
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Goldman Sachs faces two Parliamentary inquiries into its role as Government adviser during the nationalisation of Northern Rock2009-03-20T14:43:19ZStars’ wages send cost of BBC radio soaring
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Bumper salaries lavished on top BBC presenters are making their shows more expensive than commercial rivals, according to a damning report2009-02-05T09:02:02ZRecycling a 'waste of time' unless more treatment centres are built
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People recycling their waste could be doing so in vain because it could still end up in landfill sites, a new report warns2009-01-14T09:10:57ZMinisters blamed for £32m palace repairs backlog
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The Government came under fire for allowing the Royal Palaces to accumulate a £32 million repair backlog2008-12-10T10:10:02ZCommuters face 10 per cent rise in fares
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Commuters' hopes that they might be spared a rise in train fares of up to 10 per cent on London services next year have been dashed2008-10-20T13:36:19ZCattletruck trains for years, warns watchdog
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Commuters on London train services face severe overcrowding despite inflation-busting fare rises, spending watchdogs warn2008-10-15T08:43:36ZRule change 'abolishes' overcrowding on trains
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Government officials have abolished train overcrowding by changing the definition of what constitutes overcrowding2008-10-15T08:44:11ZTaxpayers' O2 Arena deal hits a sour note
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2008-07-25T10:10:12ZTaxpayer faces £60m bill for delays to new Greenwich homes
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A plan to build more than 10,000 homes on the Greenwich Peninsula is more than two years behind schedule, costing the taxpayer up to £60million2008-07-16T07:40:59Z£1.5bn lost to tax fraud and error
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Gordon Brown's flagship tax credit system is losing up to £1.5billion a year in fraud and error, watchdogs warned2008-07-14T12:47:22ZWe can't reduce benefit fraud below £1.2bn, say ministers
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Ministers were lambasted over benefit fraud after a top Whitehall mandarin said it was now "impossible" to get losses below £1.2 billion a year2008-07-08T08:48:00ZChild's play as public help plan future of 2012 park
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Londoners are being given the chance to design their own "Lego"-style Olympic Park to decide the best use for the site after the Games are over2008-06-20T08:10:44ZComment: overspend on Olympic scale
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The £9.3 billion budget for the London Olympics was already a substantial increase on the £2.4 billion that ministers initially promised as the cost of 20122008-06-20T08:11:57ZBrits on the take should be target in BAE probe
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We need to see who had their pockets lined in the UK by the BAE Systems deal with Saudi Arabia2008-04-14T12:26:34ZStill tied up in red tape as targets are missed
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It's reasonable to believe things cannot get any worse, but it's an assumption that is likely to be sorely tested in the coming few months2008-03-26T08:55:56ZColleges blamed as a quarter of students drop out
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London universities have been criticised by MPs for failing to cut student drop-out rates as new figures reveal one in four fails to complete their course2008-02-20T09:09:53ZBFI demands £34 million to save Brit film archives
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The British Film Institute is to demand £34 million upfront and another £6 million a year to save the nation's film and television archive.2007-06-21T10:45:52Z