Benefit sanctions are increasing hunger and depression
Why everything you thought you knew about poverty and its causes was wrong
National Audit Office
Older patients who don’t need to be in hospital ‘cost NHS £1bn a year’
National Audit Office report finds the number of bed ‘days lost’ due to delayed transfers of care has increased by 31% from 2013 according to official data, but the authors suggest the figure may actually be much larger
Watchdog criticises Government's privatisation of probation services
The National Audit Office has warned the Government has no way of knowing how well companies responsible for running the country’s probation services are performing
NHS spending on treatment of rare diseases ‘a threat to everyday care’
National Audit Office says specialised budgets increased by 6.3 per cent from 2014 to 2015, while the NHS budget as a whole only rose by 3.5 per cent
Government to review £500m of deals with Atos
Labour is urging the Government to make private companies that provide public services comply with the Freedom of Information Act.
Board shake-up in the works at the BBC, to prevent another pay scandal
Tony Hall, the Director General of the BBC, is planning a shake-up of the organisation’s Executive Board in an attempt to correct the Square Mile culture which led to its management pay scandal.
Information about Universal Credit benefits can now be found on
The Department for Work and Pensions revealed the new system after a turbulent introduction of the Universal Credit programme
G4S and Serco face £4million penalty over 'substandard' accommodation
Asylum seekers are being crammed into overcrowded and substandard accommodation by G4S and Serco, according to a watchdog.
Midwives and patients warn of ‘devastating’ staff shortages
As an Independent article by an exasperated midwife goes viral, mothers, patients and other NHS professionals come forward with their own experiences of maternity care
Too far, too fast: Free schools are costing £1.1bn – twice as much
Drive to build quickly sent the bill spiralling, watchdog says
Gift Aid giveaway is costing the taxpayer £940m
Report reveals that charities getting less while cost to public purse has risen
Inflation-busting 22% 'pay-rise' for the Queen branded 'immoral' by
Queen's 'rainy day' bank account is down to its last one million pounds, leaving her vulnerable to ‘unexpected costs’ claims National Audit Office
'Britain is being ripped off over rural broadband': BT handed £1.2bn
British Telecom has been handed a taxpayer “subsidy” of almost £1.2bn because the Government “mismanaged” its superfast broadband.
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We've got a grip: BBC Director General Tony Hall defends pay-offs
BBC Director General Tony Hall says the corporation has “a grip on the money” it gets from licence-fee payers ahead of a parliamentary hearing examining hefty pay-offs given to senior staff.
BBC severance row: Corporation's 'big beasts' Lord Patten and Mark
Current BBC chairman and former Director-General will provide theatre in front of Public Accounts Committee
Lord Hall: The Director-General who pledged to clean up BBC told to
MPs tell Tony Hall to pay back £24,500 he received when he quit for Royal Opera House in 2001
Universal credit chaos: Labour demands apology from Iain Duncan Smith
The Work and Pensions Secretary addressed the Commons after claims he misled Parliament over failures in the Government's flagship benefits reform programme