National Audit Office

The entrance to the Teesworks industrial site.

Government "not ruling anything out" with potential Teesworks investigation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves visits the Darlington Economic Campus. Picture by Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury.

Rachel Reeves refuses to commit to further investigation into Teesworks

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan hold images of bees they created during a visit to the Busy Bees nursery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Danny Lawson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Fears over how free nursery care for under twos will impact staff and wages

The main entrance to the Teesworks site.

Michael Gove told to send National Audit Office to scrutinise Teesworks spend

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen stands by plant machinery during a photo call at a ceremony to mark the ground-breaking of the Net Zero Teesside project.

Ben Houchen refuses to say he will renegotiate controversial Teesworks deal

The Parkinson Building, at the University of Leeds.

Student finance system "open to fraud" according to Parliamentary report

Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Labour Leader Keir Starmer take a boat trip on the River Tees during a visit to PD ports on April 18, 2024 in Teesside.

Labour will send National Audit Office to investigate Teesworks

Lucy Harper, Head of School Salterlee Primary & Steve Evans, CEO Polaris Multi-Academy Trust

West Yorkshire multi-academy trust secures £1.4M funding for building improvemen...

The NHS's central purchasing body has been left to "mark its own homework" due to "weak oversight" from health bosses, MPs have said. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Lack of oversight of NHS Supply Chain shows there’s a desperate need for reform

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen

Ben Houchen rebuffs fresh criticism over 'damning' Teesworks report

Leeds Trinity University: Watchdog to investigate franchised provision due to "concerns"

Leeds Trinity University: Watchdog to investigate franchised provision

Ben Houchen, Mayor of Tees Valley, pictured in 2021. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

The Teesworks review won’t put controversy around the development to bed

Drax Power Station near Selby, North Yorkshire.

Government can't prove biomass is sustainable, spending watchdog warns

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove leaves Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Levelling up being further frustrated by avoidable delays - The YP says

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove leaves Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

Levelling Up projects won't be finished on time, public spending watchdog warns

700,000 children in England attending schools that need major repairs

The government has announced the panel for its independent review of finance and governance at Teesworks.

Government reveals panel to investigate Teesworks financial arrangements

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said a panel of scientists has already investigated the mass die off and done a “thorough job"

Therese Coffey says Teesside probe will not look into ‘conspiracy theories’

TEESSIDE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: A general view along the River Tees as the official announcement was made today that Teesside will become a Freeport on October 28, 2021 in Teesside, England.

Investigation into Teesworks project launched by Government

River Tees

Tees Freeport: Government 'has not given permission' for investigation

A general view along the River Tees

Does National Audit Office have powers to investigate Teesside freeport?

The National Audit Office has made headlines this week as scrutiny increases on the Teesworks freeport project on Teesside.

Leigh Jones

The British Steel Pension Scheme mis-selling scandal casts a cloud over the financial services sector’s reputation and underlines the need for a regulator with an iron fist, says Greg Wright

British Steel Pension Scheme mis-selling scandal shows need for tough rules

Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has urged the National Audit Office (NAO) to investigate the Teesside Freeport zone. PIC: PA

NAO must take a thorough look at Teesside Freeport zone - The YP says

Fraud now accounts for more than 40 percent of all crime in England and Wales, according to the National Audit Office.

Why the Government is finally acting to tackle the rising tide of fraud

Handout photo of Director general of the BBC Tim Davie during a session at the Royal Television Society London Convention 2022. Picture date: Tuesday September 27, 2022.

Three key questions for BBC bosses on 'digital future' plans: The YP says

Gavin Bashar, UK managing director at Tunstall Healthcare. Picture: Peter Sorrell

Healthcare overhaul could lead to isolated services, warns technology boss

Healthcare overhaul could lead to isolated services, warns technology boss

A Transpennine service heading to Manchester.

There's only one thing slower than a train over the Pennines - David Behrens

A Transpennine train travelling towards Manchester.

Government's Transpennine spending mess shows contempt for North - The YP says

The Transpennine Route Upgrade was first announced in 2011

Major rail upgrade could be hit by more delays after £190m is 'wasted'

BRITISH STEEL

British Steel pension scandal a betrayal - The Yorkshire Post says

What is your verdict on Chancellor Rishi Sunak's response to the energy crisis?

Why energy giants should face windfall tax as bills soar – Jayne Dowle

ON the day that oil giant Shell boasted of a “momentous” rise in its profits to £12bn, millions of UK citizens learned that their gas and electricity bills were set to soar through the roof just as the Bank of England again raised interest rates, putting further stress on the cost of living.

Jayne Dowle

The Financial Conduct Authority said it will launch a consultation on redress for thousands of workers who abandoned their valuable final salary pension plans due to potentially bad advice given in 2017 and 2018.

Financial advisers told to prepare for payouts to British Steel pension savers

Families should not venture out in the snow, says Jayne Dowle, if the NHS is not to be overwhelmed this winter. What's your view?

Stay at home and save lives when it snows – Jayne Dowle

UK Government ‘not fully prepared’ for ‘wide-ranging impacts’ of Covid pandemic ...

The Government is phasing out land-based subsidies, which were part of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, and is planning to provide financial support through three new schemes

Farmers 'can't plan' for the future as new support scheme lacks detail

In a new report today the Whitehall spending watchdog has revealed Government efforts to “level up” funding for education have resulted in cuts to the money going to the most deprived schools. Photo credit: PA

'Horrifying' funding gap facing most vulnerable pupils, says education leaders

Boris johnson highlighted education and levelling up on the day that he became Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson’s schools funding failings exposed by National Audit Office – The ...

595 million later flow tests have not been registered (Photo: Getty Images)

Test and Trace lost track of 600m lateral flow tests in England as 14% go unused

The scheme was set up after it was revealed that people who arrived in the UK from the Carribean between the 1940s and 1970s and their descendants were facing deportation and detention despite living in Britain legally for decades due to “hostile environment” policies introduced by then Home Secretary Theresa May.

Windrush scandal compensation scheme attacked for lengthy pay-out waits

The government was not as prepared as it could have been for the Covid pandemic, the National Audit Office found (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government did not have ‘detailed contingency plans’ in place for pandemic

The Government’s catch-up programme for pupils impacted by school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic may not be reaching disadvantaged children, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Catch-up tuition may not be reaching the most disadvantaged children - according...

Cliff erosion at Longbeach Leisure Park, Hornsea. Picture: Tom Maddick/SWNS

Humber can be world leader in climate change fight: The Yorkshire Post says

File photo dated 20/10/2020 of health workers wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE). Ministers set aside normal standards of transparency as they scrambled to secure GBP 18 billion of supplies and services in response to the coronavirus crisis, the public spending watchdog has concluded. Photo: PA

Huddersfield carpet firm awarded £5.3m in Government coronavirus contracts

Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire was chosen for the Government's 3.6bn Towns Fund. Pic: James Hardisty

The four 'low-priority' Yorkshire towns in marginal seats chosen for £3.6bn fund

Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier MP. Photo: PA

Warning that parts of England could run out of water within next 20 years

HS2 work in London. 8bn has already been spent on the scheme - Getty Images

'Be more transparent and realistic over HS2' - Government told by watchdog

Protesters at the Blackpool New Road fracking site in Lancashire placed a boat in front of the entrance blocking access, earlier this year. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Fracking has cost tax-payers more than £32m but progress is slower than expected...

Sajid Javid

Controversial Loan Charge policy could be scrapped after Treasury review launche...

Rising crime levels has brought police cuts into sharp focus, says Andrew Vine.

Tories guilty as charged over Britain’s shameful crime rates - Andrew Vine

Theresa May is being urged to authorise a report into Britain's readiness for a no-deal Brexit before she leaves office.

Theresa May should order no-deal Brexit report before she leaves office – Joe Ow...

Home Secretary Sajid Javid.

One knife crime death is one too many as Sajid Javid acts – The Yorkshire Post s...

Environment Secretary Michael Gove is in the running for the Tory leadership.

Michael Gove realism over Brexit and farming – The Yorkshire Post says

NHS prescription charges system is too complicated, says National Audit Office

An artist's impression of how HS2 could look.

HS2 costs would make it "very difficult" to scrap first phase of project

When will Ministers act over social care?

The Yorkshire Post says: Social care is in crisis – a message to James Brokenshi...

Screening programmes have been criticised.

Massive backlog of smear test samples piled up at NHS laboratories, says Nationa...

Cast members outside the Queen Vic in Walford

New EastEnders set goes £27m over budget

Real prospect of ports chaos in event of 'no-deal Brexit', claims influential co...

The rolling out of smart meters is causing consternation.

The Yorkshire Post says: Un-smart meters '“ time to switch policy approach