All news on the topic: Meg Hillier

Dame Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, said the levels of delay in the Tories’ flagship plan were 'absolutely astonishing' and hit out at a 'waste of resources'

The total costs of the project between London and Birmingham now 'significantly outweigh benefits' following the decision to stop trains travelling at high speed any further north

Appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if lies awake at night thinking about the gulf between the rich and poor in Britain

The Public Accounts Committee found 700,000 pupils are in schools that need major rebuilding or refurbishment as it warned the deterioration of classrooms is affecting learning

Despite some projects allegedly being 'shovel ready' the National Audit Office says delivery across three government funds worth up to £9.5billion is behind schedule

Some cash meant to be targeted at the overhaul of crisis-hit social care has been spent elsewhere, according to the Whitehall spending watchdog, the National Audit Office

Cross-party MPs have raised a string of doubts over the Home Secretary's ability to clear a mammoth backlog and deal with "unacceptable" costs, warning of 'alarming' compromises

The Houses of Parliament faces a raft of urgent issues, including crumbling reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), asbestos, holes in the floor and leaking ceilings

A bombshell report by the Commons Public Accounts Commitee found that despite ploughing £2billion into the Emergency Services Network (ESN) communication, there is no evidence it will work

Teachers, troops, prison officers, police, junior doctors and consultants are being offered pay rises - but critics warned that failing to fully fund the wage increases would mean cuts elsewhere

More than a third (24,000) of English school buildings are past their estimated initial design life - meaning they can continue to be used but are more expensive to maintain and run up higher energy costs

Labour says the findings of a scathing report into national security vetting is another example of failure by Rishi Sunak's Government

Around 145,000 young people are entitled to a share of the £394million child trust funds cash pot - which works at an average of £2,717 each, according to the official spending watchdog

Cross-party MPs on the Public Accounts Committee claim HMRC's attempts to claw back some £2.3 billion incorrectly paid to employers claiming furlough has been 'woeful'

Children from ethnic minority backgrounds make up more than half all children in custody. The proportion has increased from 32% in 2010 to 53% in 2020

A damning National Audit Office report outlines the scale of delays hitting checks, which Labour said was "a stinging rebuke from the independent watchdog"

Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the Commons public accounts committee, warned HMRC it has a 'moral duty' to pursue fraud after Covid schemes including furlough were found to be 'an open goal' for scammers

A devastating report by the Commons spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, says in the three years after Mr Johnson as London mayor put on the 2012 Games participation in sport dropped