MPs blame lack of cash for failure of Beagle 2
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Britain&#39;s ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars failed partly because a lack of government funds left the project as an &quot;amateurish gentlemen&#39;s agreement&quot;, a committee of MPs says in a report today.
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Scientists name an asteroid after the professor responsible for the failed Beagle 2 mission to Mars.
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Britain's ill-fated Beagle 2 Mars probe should never have been given the go-ahead by the European Space Agency, an official report claims.
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A report into the failure of one of Wales' biggest inward investment projects says funding should have been more closely monitored.
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'A master class in bad decision making' Rushed testing of IT and poor management led to the failure of the single payments scheme for farmers, says a parliamentary report.â¦
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Up to Â£50m of government funds set aside to help MG Rover workers has not been used, official figures show.
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The team behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars has unveiled its design for the successor to the British spacecraft. At a London meeting, Colin Pillinger, lead scientist on the previous venture
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Peter Hain failed to declare tens of thousands of pounds for his deputy leader bid
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Phew! What a stink The British government has admitted to Parliament that its IT projects have over-run by more than Â£260m in the last five years.â¦
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MPs urge private finance initiative bosses to get "street wise" over the amounts they are charged for work.
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All the gear, no idea The UK arms industry came in for a shoeing from the parliamentary defence committee yesterday, as MPs criticised continuing cost escalations in several major kit projects for the British forces. The soaring bills were seen as especially worrying in light of the fact that the services are struggling to recruit and retain personnel, a situation not helped by chronic low pay and benefits.â¦
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A lack of suitably trained staff poses a serious threat to the government's early years programme, MPs warn.
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A failed European mission to land a probe on Mars last year was hampered by late funding from the British government and tensions between groups conducting the flight, a parliamentary committee said Tuesday.
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The UK's security could suffer if investment in defence research is not increased, a committee of MPs says.
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But no need for UK Space Agency MPs have called on the government to give the lead to the UK's space industry and expand its vision to include funding launches and even manned spaceflight.â¦
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Unable to extend tax breaks as part of a broad energy bill two months ago, lawmakers are trying to attach some of them to an emergency economic aid package containing rebates for millions of taxpayers.
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MPs are demanding action after a routine software upgrade at the Department for Work and Pensions left 80% of desktop PCs unable to link to core mainframe-based social security systems.