Saturday, 7 November 2026
Topic
Published reporting and context tagged with Government.
Britain's tax authority has reduced arrears relative to receipts, but a national audit shows older debts rising, substantial write-offs and operational weaknesses that complicate recovery.
A new inspector-general review attributes the Philadelphia lender's collapse to persistent losses and costly mortgage expansion, while finding no unusual circumstances warranting a deeper federal supervisory inquiry.
A federal audit shows HUD lost 29% of its staff in 2025 and ended one in five active contracts, while housing organizations described delayed inspections and grant-funding gaps.
Canada’s auditor general says the dental programme expanded affordable access but exceeded its first two years’ benefit budgets and left a six-month gap in checking claims decisions.
A Canadian territorial audit found weak follow-up on high-risk child-care inspection findings, unverified payments and uneven placement of new spaces; officials accept the recommendations.
A federal inspector-general review finds the CFPB below the effective security standard, while the agency says remediation evidence is awaiting assessment and reports no major personal-data breach.
A state review of Chapel Hill's voter-approved 2018 housing bond records 124 completed units, $3.64 million disbursed and a federal rebate paid after compliance checks were missed.
A new state audit details missed notice deadlines and inadequate property inspections behind tax-credit relief for more than 200,000 Jackson County homeowners.
Federal auditors say delayed intelligence, lighter compliance checks and a registration backlog weakened Canada's anti-money-laundering oversight; the agency disputes how some findings are interpreted.
North Carolina's first spending overview tracks Charlotte's stadium borrowing costs and construction payments, while warning that it is not a completed audit.
Federal auditors say a pricing omission was left in a 2015 tender, implementation exceeded its budget and weak invoice checks persisted as replacement deadlines approach.
A state audit says Webster County paid its tax collector commissions outside payroll, while other offices faced bookkeeping gaps and a disputed sheriff-pay finding.
Federal auditors say Canada's dental plan has lowered costs for millions, but benefit payments exceeded its initial budget and routine claims checks stopped for six months.
An inspector-general review says four federal law-enforcement agencies largely followed existing rules but need stronger safeguards for informant activity, payments and emerging risks.
A federal watchdog rates the central bank board's information-security program ineffective, citing incomplete system records, uneven controls and a backlog of unresolved recommendations.
A parliamentary committee says taxpayers and electricity customers face large contingent costs while receiving less frequent project updates than shareholders; its proposals are not yet government policy.
The inspector general identified gaps in asset records, vulnerability controls and older recommendations; the agency says it has made improvements and reported no major personal-data breach.
An official audit says the import-duty platform calculates taxes but still requires extensive manual work, while thousands of businesses await support and costs exceed budget.
A parliamentary report questions how Britain's foreign ministry can act as both lender and sponsor while the British Council plans staff reductions and nine country-office closures.
South Africa's state utility says payment and emergency-approval rules were breached, while independent checks found no missing diesel and no substantiated flaw in the tender award.