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the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to the schemes have reached more thanditor norman smith is in westminster. rv pfi scheme is a bad dealfor taxpayers? the national audit office don't quite tell us that but they do tell us we will be facing a big bill asa tell us we will be facing a big bill as a result of pfi because basically it's like getting new hospitals and schools built and paying for it through a mortgage. you can have your new hospital now but you will be paying over 25 years or so with interest attached. bear in mind successive governments have backed the idea but significantly the national audit office says some schools have cost a0% more as a result of being built through pfi rather than through the public sector. 0ne hospital gusts 70% more and this has been seized on by jeremy corbyn because he has pledged to end pfi and nationalised existing pfi contracts so this plays to his agenda. all this of course comes in the wake of the collapse of carillion, which has also played to jeremy corbyn's argument about ensuring public services are provided
the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to the schemes have reached more thanditor norman smith is in westminster. rv pfi scheme is a bad dealfor taxpayers? the national audit office don't quite tell us that but they do tell us we will be facing a big bill asa tell us we will be facing a big bill as a result of pfi because basically it's like getting new hospitals and schools built and paying for it through a mortgage. you can have your new hospital now but you will be...
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the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to be schemes has reached £20 million.nference in brighton where he said that the aim of the labour government was to bring bpf isback in—house. —— pfis. how much will this cost? pcb i have suggested that investors would be sentin suggested that investors would be sent in running for the hills by that suggestion. they are wrong on this. the pfis that we have got, and there are several hundred across the country, will have cost us the £200 billion. that, and all of them, are paying interest rates on capital investments... the idea that it is going to send investors running to be held, is not really sensible. why can't we put that money instead into investing manufacture industry, so that the public round and then borrow any traditional way. the actor peter wyngarde, who played the flamboyant 60s crime—fighterjason king, has died aged 90. wyngarde shot to fame in the series "department s" but was also a prolific stage actor and director. ben ando looks back on his life. i'd offer you a glass of champagne. it's really bad for
the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to be schemes has reached £20 million.nference in brighton where he said that the aim of the labour government was to bring bpf isback in—house. —— pfis. how much will this cost? pcb i have suggested that investors would be sentin suggested that investors would be sent in running for the hills by that suggestion. they are wrong on this. the pfis that we have got, and there are several hundred across the country, will have...
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there are extraordinary figures from the national audit office, the government spending watchdog.d evidence to back up the treasury ‘s gains. with an infrastructure programme, that they pay back of a long period. they cannot find evidence to support claims that it is cheaper than borrowing itself. it is worth noting that theresa may may get some flak for this but the report finds that 85% of payments made under pfi last year we re 85% of payments made under pfi last year were procurement decisions made more than ten years ago. it really isa more than ten years ago. it really is a story about a load of public policy decisions made by gordon brown, first in the treasury and then when you move to 10 downing st. yafai is not as popular with the government any more. but the rent on these buildings, the government and what the tax payer pays, it is comparable to the cost of the build? the cost of publicly financing projects can be 40% higher than relying solely upon government money. if that was a bank offering you those kinds of differences, you would always turn it down. the figures a
there are extraordinary figures from the national audit office, the government spending watchdog.d evidence to back up the treasury ‘s gains. with an infrastructure programme, that they pay back of a long period. they cannot find evidence to support claims that it is cheaper than borrowing itself. it is worth noting that theresa may may get some flak for this but the report finds that 85% of payments made under pfi last year we re 85% of payments made under pfi last year were procurement...
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yes, and this was done before the carillion collapse, by the national audit office.looking at how valuable these are. the government says they are useful because they can offload the risk and the cost of public finance initiative projects to private business but there is a lot of criticism of how much they cost and whether they are tying local organisations like the nhs into deals which are too inflexible. so it is not particularly new but i think the issue is that even if we sign no new deals from tomorrow, it will still cost us as taxpayers £200 billion. and you mention you are going to take a look at the cricket. the cricket is all over the daily mail, but i was going to take the chance to talk about alexis sanchez, because this deal has been rumbling oi'i because this deal has been rumbling on in the transfer window. alexis sanchezis on in the transfer window. alexis sanchez is on the verge of signing the manchester united, snatched away from manchester city because they said they were not prepared to pay as much as he was asking for. said they were not prepared
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the national audit office says annual charges have reached more than £10 billion. david heald, who teaches public sector accounting at the university of glasgow and can explain more about how pfi works. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, professor heald. what is the case for pfi? the good case for pfi is to transfer certain important risks to the private sector. important risks you can transfer are the construction risks, and the question of life cycle management of buildings. the public sector has not been necessarily good at managing the client side of construction and the client side of construction and the public sector has a fairly bad record of not looking after buildings after they've been commissioned. the point i would make in terms of your headline is that £10 billion a year is not necessarily a large amount of money in public expend tower terms. public expend tower in the uk is £800 billion. the worrying thing about the national audit office report is it shows that government is concerned about having investment off the government balance sheet. w
the national audit office says annual charges have reached more than £10 billion. david heald, who teaches public sector accounting at the university of glasgow and can explain more about how pfi works. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, professor heald. what is the case for pfi? the good case for pfi is to transfer certain important risks to the private sector. important risks you can transfer are the construction risks, and the question of life cycle management of buildings. the...
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the national audit office effectively divides the bill.ilt much more cheaply if the public sector had on it. suggesting that some schools have cost 40% more, one hospital 70% more. that has been seized upon by the labour party, jeremy corbyn has said that they would nationalise the existing contracts. i am joined by the treasury spokesman. this is odd. pfi was massively expanded under labour, under tony blair and gordon brown. it is about value for money. the expansion of pfi was because so much money in public services, wanting to make sure as much of the risk was transferred to the private sector. we have got to be willing to look at the evidence. it has clearly given us some evidence, that the cost wasjust so given us some evidence, that the cost was just so much given us some evidence, that the cost wasjust so much higher. we have to respond to that. and where it is cheaper for the taxpayer to get some of those contracts back, essentially nationalising these vehicles, if you get better value then the government have to look at that. la
the national audit office effectively divides the bill.ilt much more cheaply if the public sector had on it. suggesting that some schools have cost 40% more, one hospital 70% more. that has been seized upon by the labour party, jeremy corbyn has said that they would nationalise the existing contracts. i am joined by the treasury spokesman. this is odd. pfi was massively expanded under labour, under tony blair and gordon brown. it is about value for money. the expansion of pfi was because so...
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the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operator money. it says industrial action has been a majorfactorfor delays but the department for transport has also made decisions which "have negatively impacted on passengers". the government has admitted the disruption has been unacceptable and has called on the rmt union to end what it calls needless strike action. a 16—year—old boy will appear in court today with the murder of a shop assistant in north london. vijay patel was attacked in a row over the sale of cigarette papers outside his shop in mill hill on saturday night. he later died in hospital. donald trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, has stepped down from the right wing breitba rt news organisation where he built his reputation. the move comes amid a row over remarks he reportedly made about the president's son. he described a meeting donald trumer held in new york with a russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign as "treasonous". the search for malaysia airlines flight mh370 will resume today, nea
the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operator money. it says industrial action has been a majorfactorfor delays but the department for transport has also made decisions which "have negatively impacted on passengers". the government has admitted the disruption has been unacceptable and has called on the rmt union to end what it calls needless strike action. a 16—year—old boy will appear in court today with the murder of a...
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the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operator provide value for money. it also criticises the department for transport. our business correspondent, theo leggett reports. thameslink, southern and great northern are the large of largest of britain's rail services. it provides services along the south coast and into london. since 2016 the company has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the rmt union, over its plans to use trains on which the driver, rather than the conductor, is in charge of opening and dlosing the doors. over the past two years, there have been regular strikes on southern rail ways trains. this week, great northern services have also been affected. in fact, according to the national audit office, since it was created, the franchise as experienced worst disruption than any other part of the network. 146,000 trains have been cancelled, or delayed for more than half an hour sincejuly 2015. that's 7.7% of services. across the uk as that's 7.7% of services. across the ukasa that's 7.7% of services. across the uk as
the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operator provide value for money. it also criticises the department for transport. our business correspondent, theo leggett reports. thameslink, southern and great northern are the large of largest of britain's rail services. it provides services along the south coast and into london. since 2016 the company has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the rmt union, over its plans to use trains on...
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the national audit office found 716 deals were currently operational under pfi and its successor, pf2ing to more than £10 billion. the government says both schemes improved public services. the report was written before the collapse of carillion, which held a number of contracts, including some under pfi schemes. heavy snow fall is continuing to cause problems in parts of scotland and northern england, with drivers warned to proceed with "extreme caution" while on the roads. while travel warnings have been downgraded police say there is still the likelihood of disruption and delays. elsewhere, severe gales and heavy rain are affecting other parts of the uk. some areas reported gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. more than 10,000 homes have been left without power in essex. there are calls for all women over the age of 30 to be screened for a faulty gene linked to higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer. research by the barts cancer institute in london found testing would prevent thousands of cancers, and be cost—effective for the nhs. it's emerged that residents of a privately—owned t
the national audit office found 716 deals were currently operational under pfi and its successor, pf2ing to more than £10 billion. the government says both schemes improved public services. the report was written before the collapse of carillion, which held a number of contracts, including some under pfi schemes. heavy snow fall is continuing to cause problems in parts of scotland and northern england, with drivers warned to proceed with "extreme caution" while on the roads. while...
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chew cost of p s i is becoming apparent in april twenty seventeen a bombshell report by the national audit office warned that the price tag for paying five firms would reach eight point six billion pounds in twenty eighteen alone in total taxpayers oh a mind watering one hundred twenty one point four billion pounds on public projects that are worth just fifty two point nine billion pounds and that compound interest continues to grow i mean a sort of direct bailout in terms of ok the company went bankrupt and it's going under people losing their jobs pensions are being destroyed and the government stopped bailing them out at this hour but a lot of that debt will end up on the balance sheet of the bank of england they buy all. toxic debt and then they'll say there's no inflation so it keep interest rates ultra low which means no income for wages and no income for savers so it is a stealth bail out always a stealth fell out they'll keep printing printing printing parts and printing the value for money continues to press against that point so now we're going to move on to the next headline about this
chew cost of p s i is becoming apparent in april twenty seventeen a bombshell report by the national audit office warned that the price tag for paying five firms would reach eight point six billion pounds in twenty eighteen alone in total taxpayers oh a mind watering one hundred twenty one point four billion pounds on public projects that are worth just fifty two point nine billion pounds and that compound interest continues to grow i mean a sort of direct bailout in terms of ok the company...
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chew cost of p s i is becoming apparent in april twenty seventeen a bombshell report by the national audit office warned that the price tag for paying five firms would reach eight point six billion pounds in twenty eighteen alone in total taxpayers oh a mind watering one hundred twenty one point four billion pounds on public projects that are worth just fifty two point nine billion pounds and the compound interest continues to grow i mean it's not a direct bailout in terms of ok the company went bankrupt and it's going under people losing their jobs pensions are being destroyed and the government stopped bailing them out at this hour but a lot of that debt will end up on the balance sheet of the bank of england they buy all. toxic debt and then they'll say there's no inflation so it's keep interest rates ultra low which means no income for wages and no income for savers so it is a stealth bail out always a stealth fell out they'll keep printing printing printing parts and printing the value for money continues to press against that point so now we're going to move on to the next headline about th
chew cost of p s i is becoming apparent in april twenty seventeen a bombshell report by the national audit office warned that the price tag for paying five firms would reach eight point six billion pounds in twenty eighteen alone in total taxpayers oh a mind watering one hundred twenty one point four billion pounds on public projects that are worth just fifty two point nine billion pounds and the compound interest continues to grow i mean it's not a direct bailout in terms of ok the company...
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chew cost of p s i is becoming apparent in april twenty seventeen a bombshell report by the national audit office warned that the price tag for paying five firms would reach eight point six billion pounds in twenty eighteen alone in total taxpayers oh a mind watering one hundred twenty one point four billion pounds on public projects that are worth just fifty two point nine billion pounds and the compound interest continues to grow i mean it's not a direct bailout in terms of ok the company went bankrupt and it's going under people losing their jobs pensions are being destroyed and the government stopped bailing them out at this hour but a lot of that debt will end up on the balance sheet of the bank of england they buy all. toxic debt and then they'll say there's no inflation so it keep interest rates ultra low which means no income for wages and no income for savers so it is a stealth bail out always a stealth bella they'll keep printing printing printing parts and printing the value for money continues to press against that point so now we're going to move on to the next headline about this an
chew cost of p s i is becoming apparent in april twenty seventeen a bombshell report by the national audit office warned that the price tag for paying five firms would reach eight point six billion pounds in twenty eighteen alone in total taxpayers oh a mind watering one hundred twenty one point four billion pounds on public projects that are worth just fifty two point nine billion pounds and the compound interest continues to grow i mean it's not a direct bailout in terms of ok the company...
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a highly critical report by the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says passengersern services have suffered the worst disruption of any rail franchise. it says the country's largest operator has not provided value for money for the travellers in kent, sussex, cambridgeshire and norfolk. the uk's second largest supermarket, sainsbury‘s, says its profits could come in higher than expected, after record sales during christmas week. the chain says overall sales were up 1.1% over the last three months, as higher food sales compensated for lower sales of non—food items, especially at argos — the chain it now owns. the supermarket‘s chief executive mike coupe said it was feeling the pressure from competitors and it needed to adapt to its customers needs. we had a very good christmas. our operational standards were great and we serve our operational standards were great and we serve oui’ customers operational standards were great and we serve our customers brilliantly well. we saw growth in our food business, but we also group our market share in clothing. we think oui’ ma
a highly critical report by the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says passengersern services have suffered the worst disruption of any rail franchise. it says the country's largest operator has not provided value for money for the travellers in kent, sussex, cambridgeshire and norfolk. the uk's second largest supermarket, sainsbury‘s, says its profits could come in higher than expected, after record sales during christmas week. the chain says overall sales were up...
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impact on eradicating hopefully global poverty if that to be spread across departments and the national audit office and also suggested that this the need to be much more in-depth analysis of how the money is actually being spent four in departments with death said i wonder what your view was in all of this and how it's impacting on if it's not going to gestate is not a challenge channelings to that how does an impact on the work that you can do part of this shows just how observed scrutinized and regulated aig money is that some of the most scrutinized money that the government spends because of the need to prove to the taxpayers and to others that that it's value for money so you know transparency like this and questions like this is all also always a good thing it's also west saying that the vast majority of british aid doesn't missing things you know there are eleven million children around the world that have an education thanks to british aid it's helping in yemen it's helping in bangladesh as i said it's helping in in uganda. but i do think that it's important to get past the question of how
impact on eradicating hopefully global poverty if that to be spread across departments and the national audit office and also suggested that this the need to be much more in-depth analysis of how the money is actually being spent four in departments with death said i wonder what your view was in all of this and how it's impacting on if it's not going to gestate is not a challenge channelings to that how does an impact on the work that you can do part of this shows just how observed scrutinized...
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the national audit office says the home office and others to be measured. the home office doesn't set clear anti-slavery activity or to know what activity is going across government and the home office does not have business compliance to the modern slavery act. is the prime minister satisfied with this policy? what action will be taken? >> introducing the modern slavery act, it is big government that has improved the response lose the response in catching perpetrators, we have seen more cases with broad prosecutions than before, we see more victims willing to come forward, having confidence to come forward. have we do with the problem? there are still problems out there but we want to ensure as the internationally relevant secretary said earlier, international developing question, not just the we take action in the united kingdom, but work with countries where women are being trafficked into this country and work with other countries to eliminate modern slavery across the world and that is what we are doing. >> members across the house, last week, a clinic
the national audit office says the home office and others to be measured. the home office doesn't set clear anti-slavery activity or to know what activity is going across government and the home office does not have business compliance to the modern slavery act. is the prime minister satisfied with this policy? what action will be taken? >> introducing the modern slavery act, it is big government that has improved the response lose the response in catching perpetrators, we have seen more...
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billion of government spending goes through external suppliers, according to estimates from the national audit officet is spending by central government departments and the nhs. but the nao notes that the government is no clear figure for the amount it spends through commercial relationships. decisions about what to outsource and how are often made within different departments. one concern is that there has not been enough central management of the whole process. open book accounting clauses in contracts give the government access to confidential information, that helps track what is happening to the taxpayer's pounds. but a survey in 2014 found only 31% of contracts have open book clauses. for only 19% of contracts have the government received the relevant data and taken steps to verify it. a 2014 report by the public accounts committee recommended open book accounting to help scrutiny, greater transparency and better information on contracts and their performance, focus on encouraging new and smaller entrance in to boost competition, investment in developing cabinet office and departmental expertis
billion of government spending goes through external suppliers, according to estimates from the national audit officet is spending by central government departments and the nhs. but the nao notes that the government is no clear figure for the amount it spends through commercial relationships. decisions about what to outsource and how are often made within different departments. one concern is that there has not been enough central management of the whole process. open book accounting clauses in...
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the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operatort. our business correspondent, theo leggett reports. thameslink southern and great northern is the largest of britain's 15 rail franchises. it provides services along the south coast and into london. since 2016, the company has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the rmt union over its plans to use trains on which the driver rather than the conductor is in charge of opening and closing in the daughters. over the past two years, there have been regular strikes on southern railways' trains. this week, great northern services have also been affected. in fact, according to the national audit office, since it was created, the franchise as a whole has experienced worse disruption than any other part of the network. 146,000 trains have been cancelled or delayed for more than half an hour, since july 2015. that's 7.7% of services. across the uk as a whole, the figure is 2.8%. the report claims that although most of the delays were down to industrial action, the department for transport sho
the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operatort. our business correspondent, theo leggett reports. thameslink southern and great northern is the largest of britain's 15 rail franchises. it provides services along the south coast and into london. since 2016, the company has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the rmt union over its plans to use trains on which the driver rather than the conductor is in charge of opening and closing in...
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it got it in the neck today from the national audit office over the way it awarded the govia thameslinketary chris grayling had to answer questions over the financial arrangements of the east coast franchise. today he said the companies running the route are not being given a bailout. despite the claims of the party opposite, this is not a bailout. there is no viable legal mechanism through which i can extract any more money from them. my department is preparing contingency plans, as we do not believe the franchise will be financially viable through to 2020. i've clearly got a duty to do that for passengers. when we reach a conclusion to that work, i will come back to this house and make a statement. helen thomas is here. so, what's going on on the railways? the east coast specifically referenced today. what happened ? last november, the government said the east coast franchise which is a joint venture between stagecoach and virgin group would end in 2020, which is three years earlier than planned. stagecoach said they had over bid on this contract. they had been too aggressive and so c
it got it in the neck today from the national audit office over the way it awarded the govia thameslinketary chris grayling had to answer questions over the financial arrangements of the east coast franchise. today he said the companies running the route are not being given a bailout. despite the claims of the party opposite, this is not a bailout. there is no viable legal mechanism through which i can extract any more money from them. my department is preparing contingency plans, as we do not...
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the national audit office says annual charges have reached more than £10 billion.it only approves pfi schemes that are value for money. royal watchers queued in cardiff from dawn to see prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle. the couple did a walkabout at cardiff castle — after arriving an hour late due to train delays. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is in cardiff. sarah, people were not put off by the weather publicly? they certainly won't. it was a long wait outside cardiff castle. just so you no, because there is a chance they will because there is a chance they will be leaving this building very shortly, so if they do i will move out of the way. this is the tremorfa area of the city, and this is star hub. they have been meeting young people, this is a special project which tries to encourage young people, particularly disadvantaged young people, to get into sport. their first young people, to get into sport. theirfirst engagement young people, to get into sport. their first engagement of the day was in the historic grounds of cardiff castle. there
the national audit office says annual charges have reached more than £10 billion.it only approves pfi schemes that are value for money. royal watchers queued in cardiff from dawn to see prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle. the couple did a walkabout at cardiff castle — after arriving an hour late due to train delays. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is in cardiff. sarah, people were not put off by the weather publicly? they certainly won't. it was a long wait outside cardiff...
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the national audit office says increasing pressures on the health service means it is struggling to manages are delivering isn't quite offsetting that, and on top of that, you've got demand pressures in terms of the amount of activity that is — that patients are presenting with at hospitals and clinics. two fishermen are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of western scotland. lifeboats were launched after receiving a distress signal off loch fyne in argyll and bute yesterday evening. royal navy divers have been helping in the search. another man who was rescued is recovering in hospital. living conditions at liverpool prison are the worst that inspectors have ever seen, according to a new report. her majesty's prison and probation service said it's already taken immediate action by appointing a new governor and that cleanliness has also improved. 0ur health correspondent adina campbell reports. dirty, infested and hazardous — these are conditions hundreds of inmates are facing at liverpool prison, according to a new report by the prison watchdog. as well as problems with rats,
the national audit office says increasing pressures on the health service means it is struggling to manages are delivering isn't quite offsetting that, and on top of that, you've got demand pressures in terms of the amount of activity that is — that patients are presenting with at hospitals and clinics. two fishermen are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of western scotland. lifeboats were launched after receiving a distress signal off loch fyne in argyll and bute yesterday...
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nhs have instead been spent on managing existing pressures, according to a report from the national audit officee duration of adolescents is increasing, and now lass from the age of ten and 24, according to insiders. they say that young people continuing their education for longer as well as delayed marriage and parenthood have pushed back popular perceptions of when adult food begins. writing in the health journal, when adult food begins. writing in the healthjournal, the searchers argue a change in the definition of adolescence is needed to ensure laws and government policies pay appropriate. increasing costs on the build of the uk's do aircraft carrier programme is putting the bodies of other defence projects at risk, according to mps. a public accou nts risk, according to mps. a public accounts committee report said the programme, which includes two new carriers costing £6 billion, is hugely complex and costly. the mod said that it was committed to keeping costs down. 40. make of all those stories, and the rest of the dues, you can go to our website... now the possibility of a boris bridge.
nhs have instead been spent on managing existing pressures, according to a report from the national audit officee duration of adolescents is increasing, and now lass from the age of ten and 24, according to insiders. they say that young people continuing their education for longer as well as delayed marriage and parenthood have pushed back popular perceptions of when adult food begins. writing in the health journal, when adult food begins. writing in the healthjournal, the searchers argue a...
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have instead been spent on managing existing pressures, that's according to a report from the national audit officereceived more than £3 billion of additional cash injections to help fund day—to—day activities. but it said growing pressures and surging demand had caused a reallocation of resources. increasing costs on the build of the uk's new aircraft carrier programme is putting the budgets of other defence projects at risk, according to mps. a public accounts committee report said the programme, which includes two new carriers costing £6 billion, is hugely complex and costly. the mod said that it was committed to keeping costs down. new zealand prime ministerjacinda ardern has announced that she is pregnant. ms ardern said she and her partner, clarke gayford, were expecting their child in june, after which she planned to take a six—week break. ms ardern is now set to be the second elected world leader to give birth while in office — and the first to do so in almost 30 years. winds from a storm across northern europe reached up to 200 kilometres per hour causing severe disruption to travel and pl
have instead been spent on managing existing pressures, that's according to a report from the national audit officereceived more than £3 billion of additional cash injections to help fund day—to—day activities. but it said growing pressures and surging demand had caused a reallocation of resources. increasing costs on the build of the uk's new aircraft carrier programme is putting the budgets of other defence projects at risk, according to mps. a public accounts committee report said the...
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the national audit office said that the home office has not set out how a reduction will be measured.ip policy, and what action will be government by taking? flagship policy, and what action will be government by taking7m flagship policy, and what action will be government by taking? it is this government that introduced the modern slavery act. it is this government that... it is this government that... it is this government that... it is this government that has improved the response to victims, the response from police in catching perpetrators. we see more cases being brought the prosecution than we have done before, we see more victim is willing and able to come forward and having the confidence to come forward. have we dealt with the problem? of course there are still problems out there. but we want to ensure, as my right honourable friend the international development secretary said earlier in international element questions, not just that we take action here in the united kingdom, that we work with countries where the women are doing. members across this house have sung for syri
the national audit office said that the home office has not set out how a reduction will be measured.ip policy, and what action will be government by taking? flagship policy, and what action will be government by taking7m flagship policy, and what action will be government by taking? it is this government that introduced the modern slavery act. it is this government that... it is this government that... it is this government that... it is this government that has improved the response to...
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the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to the schemes have reached more thanin westminster. we are all going to be facing a great big bill as a result of pfi because basically it's like getting new hospitals and schools built and paid for through a mortgage. you can add your new hospital now but you will be paying over 25 years or so with interest attached and bear in mind successive governments have backed the idea but significantly, the national audit office say that some schools have cost 40% more as a result of being built through pfi rather than through the public sector, one hospital cost 70% more, and this has been seized on by jeremy corbyn because he has pledged to end pfi and nationalise existing pfi contracts. this plays to his agenda. and all this comes in the wa ke agenda. and all this comes in the wake of the collapse of carillion which has also played to mr corbyn‘s argument about ensuring that public services are provided by the public sector and not private contractors. and sometimes in politics you kind of need the wind behind you and at the
the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to the schemes have reached more thanin westminster. we are all going to be facing a great big bill as a result of pfi because basically it's like getting new hospitals and schools built and paid for through a mortgage. you can add your new hospital now but you will be paying over 25 years or so with interest attached and bear in mind successive governments have backed the idea but significantly, the national audit office say that...