Confidentiality clauses and special severance payments
Published on:There is a lack of transparency, consistency and accountability in the use of compromise agreements in the public sector and little is being done to change this.
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HMRC The compliance and enforcement programme
Published on:A major HMRC programme to improve the way it tackles evasion delivered £4.32 billion of additional tax yield, reduced staff numbers and improved compliance work. However the Department is not yet exploiting the full potential of its new systems.
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Investigation into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance
Published on:This investigation examines the recent increase in identified errors in Carer’s Allowance and attempts to recover overpayments.
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The New Homes Bonus
Published on:The NAO believes a review of the New Homes Bonus scheme is essential to ensure the Department understands the substantial financial risks to local authorities.
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Department of Health and Social Security – Arrangements for Delivering Social Security Benefits
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Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs annual accounts 2017-18
Published on:Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2017-18 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs. His report focuses on tax revenue; Personal Tax Credits and Child Benefit error and fraud; and HMRC’s digital transformation programme.
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Achieving government’s long-term environmental goals
Published on:This report examines how government has set itself up to deliver its long-term environmental goals.
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Fracking for shale gas in England
Published on:This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.
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Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance
Published on:This investigation covers a single, major cause of underpayment error in ESA. This error relates to people whose existing benefit claim was converted to ESA and who were entitled to income-related ESA but were only awarded contribution-based ESA.
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Projects leaving the Government Major Projects Portfolio
Published on:This report examines projects leaving the Government Major Projects Portfolio, which comprises the biggest and riskiest projects across government
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Department of Trade and Industry- Obtaining a Benefit for Electricity Customers from the Flotation of the National Grid
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Improving Social Security Services in London – Management and Implementation of the Benefits Centres Projec
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Building capability in the Senior Civil Service to meet today’s challenges
Published on:The government now accepts the urgent need for a skilled cross-departmental leadership group – but this requires changing the long-standing culture of the Senior Civil Service.
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Managing early departures in central government
Published on:Departments have acted quickly to reduce staff numbers and this should bring significant savings. To sustain these savings, and deliver long-term value for money improvements, staff numbers must stay at these reduced levels and departments must develop new ways of working.
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Reducing costs in the Department for Transport
Published on:The Department for Transport started its preparations for the 2010 spending review early and took steps to improve and challenge the evidence on which it based its decisions with a view to securing value for money.
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Department of Health and Social Security, Department of Employment – Unemployment Benefit service
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Early review of the new farming programme
Published on:This report examines Defra’s approach to developing the Future Farming and Countryside Programme.
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Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance: Support for exports
Published on:This report examines Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) progress and performance in supporting UK exports.
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HM Revenue and Customs Renewed Alcohol Strategy: A progress report
Published on:HMRC’s renewed strategy for dealing with alcohol duty fraud is a significant improvement on the previous strategy. However, the Department needs a reliable estimate of the tax gaps for beer and wine; and to tackle successfully the illicit diversion of duty-unpaid alcohol back into the UK market.
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Rolling out Universal Credit
Published on:In this report, we assess the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit.