Public expenditure
Public expenditure news from UK Parliament.
Higher education market not working in interests of students or taxpayers
No evidence greater competition between providers will improve quality of education they provide
18 June 2018
Government must improve preventive care outside hospitals
Public Accounts Committee report warns health services and social care need to work together more effectively
08 June 2018
NHS England too slow to tackle misdirected correspondence
Public Accounts Committee report warns millions wasted and patient harm cannot be ruled out
06 June 2018
Upgrade of safeguarding service 'a masterclass in incompetence'
Public Accounts Committee report finds project marred by poor planning, contracting, delays, spiralling costs
25 May 2018
MoD lacks funds to buy all the equipment it says it needs
Public Accounts Committee report warns uncertainty over affordability gap reduces ability to make informed decisions
11 May 2018
Credible plan to sustain underfunded care sector needed this year
Public Accounts Committee report warns urgent action required to reverse care work's poor public image
09 May 2018
Departments have no clear plan in face of impossible challenge
Public Accounts Committee report says preparations for Brexit are being hampered by uncertainty
04 May 2018
Modern Slavery: co-ordinated action critical to helping victims
Public Accounts Committee finds Government still lacks data and systems to properly understand the crime
02 May 2018
Passengers paying the price for broken model of rail franchising
Public Accounts Committee report says Government's management of two of most important franchises 'completely inadequate'
27 April 2018
'Grave concerns' over department's approach to Brexit
Public Accounts Committee finds Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has made little attempt to re-order priorities
25 April 2018
Auditor General discusses public sector outsourcing
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee discusses procurement following the collapse of Carillion
24 April 2018
Government lacks clear plan to meet research investment target
Public Accounts Committee report highlights concerns around Brexit, leadership effectiveness and safeguarding of benefits
20 April 2018
Faster action needed on lessons of WannaCry attack
Public Accounts Committee report sets deadline for update on costed plans for vital security investment
18 April 2018
Academy accounts highlight potential risks to pupils and taxpayers
Public Accounts Committee raises concerns over trustee salaries, related party transactions and asbestos
30 March 2018
NHS stuck in survival mode as focus remains on short-term fixes
Public Accounts Committee says plan needed to secure a long-term funding settlement
27 March 2018