Sentences with phrase «public spending watchdog»

Future head of Conservatives» public spending watchdog says «efficiency savings» alone will not save frontline services

England's independent public spending watchdog is warning a better grasp of it is needed by officials.

The Ministry of Defence's (MoD) failure to manage its purse - strings is an ongoing problem, the public spending watchdog has warned.

The future strategic tanker aircraft has seen a # 336 million increase in cost because of fuel price inflation, but a failure to take advantage of opportunities to cut the overall bill on the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was criticised by the public spending watchdog.

The west coast mainline fiasco has cost the taxpayer a «significant» amount of cash, the government's public spending watchdog has found.

The government has made «significant progress» in its # 20 billion IT programme for the NHS, but its benefits must be better explained to staff, the public spending watchdog has warned.

Over 300,000 social housing properties are still not classed as «decent», according to a public spending watchdog.

The government may have wasted money on a funding boost aimed at helping local authorities improve their handling of planning applications, a public spending watchdog has said.

Two councils made «unlawful» payments to their chief executives, the public spending watchdog says.

The new pay system to which over one million NHS employees have been transferred is not yet proving value for money, a public spending watchdog has warned.

The public spending watchdog report said that both authorities had acted unlawfully in allowing the chief executives to opt out of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to avoid potential tax payments.

The government's flagship free school programme will cost at least three times the sum originally allocated, the public spending watchdog has found.

An analysis from the public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, says state schools in England will have to find # 3bn in savings by 2019 - 20.

The government's flagship free school programme will cost at least three times the sum originally allocated, the public spending watchdog has found.