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Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’

National Audit Office says potential benefits are ‘considerable but uncertain’ while risks are ‘immediate and substantial’

The Guardian - UK

Sizewell C construction costs to add up to £19 to electricity bills, says NAO

Last year, the Government struck a deal with investors to push ahead with the power plant’s construction, to the cost of around £38 billion.

Evening Standard

What learner drivers need to know about changes to driving test booking

As average waiting times for a driving test now exceed 22 weeks, the DVSA has changed its rules to crack down on the driving test scarcity

The Independent UK

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Education crisis looms as British schools face huge funding shortfall

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The Independent UK

Officials too slow to act on falling pupil numbers in England, says watchdog

Demographic changes will cause a glut of school places, according to National Audit Office report

The Guardian - UK

UK schools could lose £288m in funding due to falling pupil numbers, watchdog warns

The warning comes as some primary schools are already being forced to merge or close their doors entirely due to dwindling pupil numbers

The Independent UK

More than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds

Data shows only a third of concluded claims in scheme for those wrongly classed as illegal migrants resulted in pay outs

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Post Office and Windrush scandal victims waiting years for compensation as £12bn still unpaid

Less than a quarter of this sum had been paid out by February this year, the National Audit Office (NAO) said

The Independent UK

Why people don’t fully understand shared ownership

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The Independent UK

Shared ownership schemes are complex and not always fully understood – report

Weaknesses in information mean that government does not yet have a full understanding of how shared ownership works for consumers, the NAO said.

Evening Standard

Thousands of Afghans still in limbo over whether they can come to safety in UK

Government will not be able to meet target of relocating Afghan families to the UK by March 2029 without ‘urgent intervention’, ministers warned

The Independent UK

DVSA confirms dates for major driving test changes

DVSA is seeking to crack down on ‘bots’ from booking driving test slots

The Independent UK

Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroad

The Guardian - UK

Taxpayer bill for saving Scunthorpe steel furnaces could top £1.5bn by 2028, auditor says

National Audit Office highlights benefits of state rescue for jobs and orders but warns of continuing high cost

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The agonising wait disabled people face under Access to Work scheme

The programme allows applicants with physical or mental health conditions or disabilities to apply for grants

The Independent UK

Prisons unable to keep up with crisis of drones delivering drugs, report finds

Government and prison service said to be too slow to respond to the rapidly changing threats of illicit drugs entering jails

The Independent UK

Prison security systems not being fixed amid drug crisis, report finds

A report has found that key security systems in Britain’s prisons are being left unrepaired

Evening Standard

Prison windows and X-ray scanners not being fixed amid drug crisis – watchdog

Prison governors have reported not having enough money to fix broken security equipment.

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The Guardian - UK

Promise of seven-week driving test wait in Great Britain ‘unlikely to happen until 2027’

Government efforts to recruit examiners fail again with average test slot wait now at 22 weeks, report says

The Independent UK

Driving test backlog forces learners to pay up to £500 to automated bookers

The driving test backlog is not expected to reduce significantly until 2027

Evening Standard

Asylum system delays and backlogs wasted taxpayers’ money – watchdog

The NAO found the current cost of supporting people seeking asylum is “disproportionately high” and totalled around £4.9 billion for 2024-25.

The Guardian - UK

Asylum overhaul in UK could lead to rise in homelessness and backlogs, says report

National Audit Office says Shabana Mahmood’s plans may have ‘unintended consequences’ on stretched system

The Independent UK

Thousands of asylum claims unresolved after three years, damning spending watchdog analysis finds

Ballooning backlog of asylum appeals is fuelled by shortage of immigration judges and lack of legal aid, national audit office finds

The Independent UK

Probation is in perpetual crisis. Can it protect the public from tens of thousands more criminals on the streets?

SPECIAL REPORT : There is a danger the ailing Probation Service is being ‘set up to fail’, the chief inspector of probation has warned, as the nation prepares for the biggest justice system overhaul in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Independent UK

The key symptoms of frailty in older people and how to get a diagnosis

Frailty isn’t an inevitable part of ageing

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