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...Gareth Davies, comptroller and auditor general of the National Audit Office, said ministers could achieve savings of at least £20bn a year by curbing fraud, modernising IT, improving maintenance of public...
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..., poor maintenance and hold-ups elsewhere justice system....
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...The first is to stop classing capital maintenance as investment, and to charge it to current spending....
...On Wednesday, the FAA also said it had approved a process for inspections and maintenance to be conducted on each of the 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft that are grounded before they can be returned to service...
...Fidelity maintains the new charges are important for the maintenance and development of its commission-free ETF trading platform....
...“We have minimal service now to south-east Asia....
...Thames Water, which needs billions of pounds of investment to replace ageing infrastructure, is already struggling to keep up with maintenance. It faces a public outcry over sewage....
...It also secured a £750mn four-year contract last week for a big infrastructure upgrade at the Devonport naval base to support the maintenance of Britain’s submarine fleet....
...In an election year, the government should be champing at the bit to invest in council services, which range from social care to pavement maintenance....
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