National Audit Office report published on Transforming health assessments for disability benefits
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) plans to transform the application and assessment process for disability benefits face challenges that it will need to carefully manage if it is to avoid cost overruns...
Friday, 23 June 2023 00:01
PAC: Unacceptably high backlog in local government audit system may get worse before improving
The unacceptably high backlog of audit opinions for local government bodies may get worse before it gets better...
Friday, 23 June 2023 00:01
Fifth of drivers accuse councils of scrapping, or planning to scrap, parking payment machines in favour of mobile apps
Nearly one-in-five drivers (19%) say their local authority has either scrapped parking payment machines or is consulting on doing so, forcing them to use mobile phones to pay instead, new RAC research reveals...
Friday, 23 June 2023 00:01
DB pension schemes with liability driven investments: MPs call for action from regulators to prevent risk to financial stability
More still needs to be done to address significant weaknesses in the ability of defined benefit pension schemes to manage risk...
Friday, 23 June 2023 00:01
£21 million funding boost to roll out artificial intelligence across the NHS and help cut waiting lists
NHS staff will be given the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology to diagnose and treat patients more quickly thanks to a new £21 million fund announced by the Health and Social Care Secretary today...
Friday, 23 June 2023 00:01
Angela Rayner comments on the Electoral Commission's analysis of voter ID policy
Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, commenting on the Electoral Commission's interim analysis of the Conservatives' voter ID policy, said...
Friday, 23 June 2023 00:01
Labour: One in six hospitality firms forced to cut back shifts because of rising costs
Rising prices have left cafés, pubs and hotels cutting back on costs, including being forced to restrict staff hours...
Thursday, 22 June 2023 22:30
Defra blog: Coverage of the Kept Animals Bill opposition debate
There has been widespread coverage in the I News, Daily Express, BBC News, Sky News, the Guardian and in the Sun reporting on yesterday’s opposition debate which the Kept Animals Bill....
Thursday, 22 June 2023 17:58
Minister Halfon speech at the Skills for Growth Conference
Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon addressed the Skills for Growth Conference...
Thursday, 22 June 2023 16:34
DfE's reform of children's social care consultation: YJB response
Response by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) to the government's 'stable homes, built on love' consultation...
Thursday, 22 June 2023 14:49