The National Audit Office outlines eight principles that the government needs to consider if it is to achieve value for money when deciding prices in markets for public services.
The Help to Buy equity loan scheme is improving access to mortgage finance, but the scheme’s costs will be substantial.
Improvements have been made to the running of the Regional Growth Fund, but there is still a significant amount of public money to allocate through the Fund.
Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 covering the period 2008-2011
Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 21 led by the Department for Communities and Local Government: ‘Build more cohesive, empowered and active communities’
Firebuy, established by the Department for Communities and Local Government to support procurement of kit by Fire and Rescue Services, has cost nearly twice as much to set up and run as the total savings it claims to have delivered.
Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 covering the period 2008-2011
Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 20 led by the Department for Communities and Local Government: ‘Increase long term housing supply and affordability’
The provision of adequate adult social care poses a significant public service challenge. Demand for care is rising while public spending is falling.
This report sets out the process by which MHCLG chose the 101 towns in England it invited to develop Town Deals.
Over 10 million people who used public services (about 1 in 5) in the UK last year faced problems with the services. Detriment can and does occur. But users find the complaints and redress systems confusing.
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
HS2 is a large, complex and ambitious programme which is facing cost and time pressures. The unrealistic timetable set for HS2 Ltd by the Department means they are not as ready to deliver as they hoped to be at this point.
G4S and Serco, two of the new providers awarded Home Office contracts to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in the UK, struggled to get the contracts up and running.
Police forces have successfully reduced costs since 2011, but do not have a clear understanding of the demands placed upon them or of the factors that affect their costs.
Our report examines whether MHCLG’s framework allows for the management of risks to local authorities from commercial property investment.
This study examines whether the government and Network Rail are in a position to deliver the Transpennine Route Upgrade successfully.
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
Kids Company, a children’s charity, received at least £46m of public funding. Officials raised concerns about the charity’s cash flow and financial sustainability at least 6 times between 2002 and 2015 but the charity never reached a position where it was able to operate without government assistance.
This report considers what the Superfast Broadband Programme has delivered and the lessons for government’s roll-out of nationwide gigabit broadband.
This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.