The rural broadband programme
Published on:The programme to make superfast broadband widely available in each area of the UK is currently expected to be delivered nearly two years later than planned.
The programme to make superfast broadband widely available in each area of the UK is currently expected to be delivered nearly two years later than planned.
This report looks at the Restoration and Renewal Programme to identify potential risks and recommend how these may be addressed.
This report outlines the extent of Universal Credit advances fraud and the DWP’s actions to detect, recover and prevent it.
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.
This report examines the progress made in delivering the Emergency Services Network and the
implications of the 2018 reset.
This investigation examines the recent increase in identified errors in Carer’s Allowance and attempts to recover overpayments.
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.
This report examines how government has set itself up to deliver its long-term environmental goals.
This report examines the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s progress in rolling out smart meters.
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.
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.
This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.
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.
This report examines projects leaving the Government Major Projects Portfolio, which comprises the biggest and riskiest projects across government
By creating complex shared services over-tailored to individual departments, government has increased costs rather than made savings.
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.
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.
The St Helena airport’s planned opening date in May 2016 has been postponed as outstanding safety concerns are addressed, potentially adding to the project’s cost and delaying its benefits.
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.
DFID is successfully reaching particularly poor people with transfers, but needs to focus more on how cost-effectively they are delivered.