Gareth Davies
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 33 |
Date of birth | August 18,1990 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Carmarthen |
United Kingdom | |
Height | 178 (cm) |
Position | Scrum-half |
Movies/Shows | The Daughter |
Peter Rabbit | |
Little Monsters | |
P.D. James: A Mind to Murder | |
Boswell for the Defence | |
Weight | 75 (kg) |
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ID | 2282644 |
Gareth Davies Life story
Gareth Davies is a Wales international rugby union player currently playing for the Scarlets. His position is scrum-half. He is a fluent Welsh speaker. Gareth was selected for the 2021 Tour of South Africa for the British and Irish lions, making four appearances and scoring one try.
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... But Gareth Davies, who leads the NAO, suggested a spending commitment of this kind should have been flagged as novel and contentious...
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... He quoted Gareth Davies, the head of spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO), who accused the government of a " sticking plaster approach" to school maintenance...
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... Gareth Davies said the " unflashy" job of repairs has been neglected...
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... Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said the programme included " innovative plans" to improve efficiency and quality...
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... Lost control NAO head Gareth Davies said: " Despite recent progress, the asylum and protection transformation programme is a long way from meeting government s ambitions to reduce the cost and improve the quality of the service...
Watchdog criticises decision to pay Johnson's £265,000 Partygate bill
By Joshua NevettBBC Politics
The government's justification for footing a £265,000 bill for Boris Johnson 's Partygate inquiry legal fees has been criticised by the spending watchdog.
An inquiry by MPs found the former Prime Minister had deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties during the pandemic.
The Top lawyers helping Mr Johnson were paid for with taxpayer funds.
The government has repeatedly defended using public money to cover the costs.
But following its inspection of government accounts, The National Audit Office (NAO) said it was not convinced by The Reasoning behind the decision, saying it was not " wholly persuasive".
In an audit opinion, the government's spending watchdog said due process was not followed when signing off The Money for Mr Johnson's lawyers.
As the, the Cabinet Office did not seek Treasury sign-off before deciding to pay for The Bill with public money.
The Treasury's spending rulebook says its consent should always be sought for costs " which set precedents, are novel, contentious or could cause repercussions elsewhere in The Public sector".
The Cabinet Offices has argued the Treasury is not required to approve all of its spending decisions, and because the Partygate inquiry related to Mr Johnson's conduct as a minister, he was entitled to taxpayer-funded legal support.
But Gareth Davies , who leads the NAO, suggested a spending commitment of this kind should have been flagged as novel and contentious.
Mr Davies wrote: " I have considered the precedents cited by The Department [the Cabinet Office ] in concluding that this proposed expenditure was not novel, contentious or repercussive, and did not find these to be wholly persuasive. "
The NAO scrutinises The Way public money has been used by the government and gives audit opinions on spending decisions across The Public sector.
It first emerged in February that the spending watchdog was examining the decision to cover Mr Johnson's legal costs during the Partygate inquiry by The Commons Privileges Committee.
As The Bill grew into a six-figure sum, the Cabinet Office came Under Pressure to explain why taxpayers - and not Mr Johnson Himself - were on The Hook .
The government said the decision was justified, saying there is a precedent for supporting former ministers with legal representation.
It has cited legal support given to former ministers during public inquiries into the Grenfell Tower fire, the BSE disease outbreak in cattle, and infected blood products as examples of precedents.
But to date, the government has not been able to name an example of a former minister receiving taxpayer-funded legal support for a parliamentary inquiry.
The Bbc has spoken to two former ministers who were investigated by MPs for misleading Parliament and were not given legal support.
In his audit opinion, Mr Davies said the government " recognised that none of these previous examples was an exact precedent for this case".
He added that most of the examples cited by the government " relate to legal advice provided to former Prime Ministers to support their evidence sessions with public inquiries, which is a well-established practice".
" In my view, these examples are substantively different from an investigation by The Committee of Privileges into a potential contempt of The House by a Prime Minister . "
The Bbc has contacted Mr Johnson and the Cabinet Office for comment.
Mr Johnson has faced calls to pay the legal costs Himself , with opposition parties highlighting he has earned millions since standing down as Prime Minister .
The Inquiry by The Privileges Committee was launched last April, after opposition parties accused Mr Johnson of misleading MPs about gatherings in government buildings during Covid-19 lockdowns.
In an unprecedented decision, The Committee found.
In its conclusions, The Committee said criticisms of The Inquiry in opinions submitted by Mr Johnson's legal advisers were " without merit".
Mr Johnson said The Inquiry amounted to a " political assassination" and branded The Committee 's findings " deranged".
The former Prime Minister stepped down as a Conservative MP in June, saying he was " forced out of Parliament" over Partygate.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com