David Hencke

Despite spending £4.4 billion on Brexit preparations, the Government has no overall plan says the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee

David Hencke exposes a highly critical parliamentary report describing the ‘aggressive and hostile’ stance by Priti Patel’s department during the Coronavirus Pandemic

David Hencke reports on parliamentary criticism of GCHQ’s decision to use a large portion of its new budget on swish new London offices

David Hencke's analysis of the Government's Town Fund scheme suggests politically motivated deals that paid off in the 2019 General Election

David Hencke reports on accusations of ‘political bias’ on how public funds were allocated to constituencies by Conservative ministers

MPs warn that billions of pounds could be wasted by the opaque tech-focused arm of NHS, reports David Hencke

A new report by the National Audit Office reveals that the Government is launching an inquiry and considering ‘naming and shaming’ the employers involved

David Hencke reports on official figures which predict unemployment levels tripling by the end of the year

One of the UK’s best exports is at risk of being sabotaged through Brexit negotiations, peers claim

A new report has crystallised concerns that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Coronavirus loan scheme left the taxpayer exposed to fraud

Delayed decisions are adding millions of pounds every week to the cost of refurbishing Parliament, reports David Hencke

Health officials didn't know the total number of ventilators in national circulation at the start of the pandemic, a new report has revealed

The Government needs to act rapidly to fill thousands of nursing vacancies in the NHS, a group of MPs has warned

Another damning parliamentary report reveals the extent to which prisons in England and Wales are not delivering for society

The drive is as much aimed at reducing Labour-supporting individuals as trying to remove the “The blob”, reports David Hencke

David Hencke reports on how the Cabinet Office Minister is continuing with plans for the centralisation of data within his department

David Hencke reports on the Home Office’s plans to change its immigration status system and fresh insights about the ‘Whitehall Revolution’ being masterminded by the Prime Minister’s chief advisor

David Hencke reports on the extension of a new contract system by Michael Gove's office which avoids publication of early bids from tech companies

David Hencke reports on the decision of the Government and EU not to include the current EU Victims Rights Directive as part of the Brexit negotiations

David Hencke explores the implications of one of the most extraordinary Government power grabs he has seen as a political reporter