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  1. Progress with trade negotiations

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    This report examines government’s progress with its programme of trade negotiations since the UK’s departure from the EU.

  2. Employment support: The Kickstart Scheme

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    This report examines how well DWP’s Kickstart scheme was implemented, and whether it is having the intended positive impact.

  3. Commercial strategy needs to be joined up to achieve best value

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    Last December, the government published a Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement. It stressed that investments should be subject to consideration of the public good, including supporting national priorities. It discussed leveraging commercial activity to achieve social and environmental value. For our good practice guidance for managing the commercial lifecycle, we examined similar opportunities and […]

  8. The National Law Enforcement Data Programme

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    This report assesses the Home Office’s progress in delivering the National Law Enforcement Data Service programme to replace outdated police ICT systems.

  9. Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme

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    This report examines the performance, implementation, procurement and management of the Green Homes Grant scheme.

  11. Crossrail – a progress update

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    This report makes recommendations for Crossrail Ltd and the programme sponsors as Crossrail nears completion.

  12. Crossrail – a progress update

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    This report makes recommendations for Crossrail Ltd and the programme sponsors as Crossrail nears completion.

  13. Let’s get down to business

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    At the National Audit Office, we come across many business cases when looking at government programmes. A strong business case is vital for effective decision making and for successfully delivering intended outcomes. The foundation of a business case is a clear understanding of what success will look like for a programme – the strategic case. […]

  15. Optimising the defence estate

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    This report examines the Ministry of Defence’s progress in optimising its estate and disposing of sites that are not needed.

  16. How to audit artificial intelligence models

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    In our ever-increasing digital and automatized world, certain buzzwords are becoming more centre stage in the public sector. One of them is “artificial intelligence”. While the concept, and development, of artificial intelligence is not new (artificial intelligence was first recognised as a formal discipline in the mid-1950s), it is a word that has been casually […]

  18. Better data means better services – so how can government get there?

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    The shielding programme was a swift government wide response to identify and protect clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people against COVID-19. Our recent report on Protecting and supporting the clinically extremely vulnerable during lockdown, shows how government quickly recognised the need to provide food, medicines and basic care to those CEV people shielding. This had to […]

  19. Improving services is a team game

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    Imagine being asked to design and provide a service that meets the needs of everyone in your street. This crossed my mind when the borough where I live in London became a surge testing location for coronavirus. For me that means producing a service that works for Margaret and David, the retired couple that have […]

  20. What should we ask ourselves to break the cycle of poor programme performance?

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    We are keen to support those responsible for both delivering and overseeing government programmes. In that spirit, we today publish our Framework to review programmes summarising what we ask when auditing major programmes. It draws from our experience of around 200 studies and includes examples of what we have seen. Our work provides insights on […]