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  2. A review of collaborative procurement across the public sector

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    The National Audit Office and the Audit Commission have today called for public bodies to work together much more effectively than they currently do to maximise savings from procurement activities.

  3. Reducing the cost of complying with regulations: The delivery of the Administrative Burdens Reduction Programme, 2007

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    The NAO has found that departments are committed to identifying possible reductions and are taking a pragmatic approach to identifying measures to reduce burdens. The departments evaluated in the NAO study are seeking to reduce quantified administrative burdens, but also deliver wider improvements in the regulatory environment by tackling aspects of regulation that businesses find […]

  4. Business, Innovation and Skills: Helping over-indebted consumers

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    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS’s) free face-to-face advice for people struggling with debt has helped more people than planned, at slightly less than the planned cost per person, and is highly regarded by those that use it. However, demand is now outstripping capacity.

  7. Progress report on maintaining competition in markets

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    The Office of Fair Trading has improved its operations following recommendations on maintaining competition in markets made by the National Audit Office and Committee of Public Accounts in 2005 and 2006. According to an NAO progress report published today, the OFT now needs to concentrate its efforts on strengthening the skills and experience of its […]

  10. Environmental tax measures

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    This report examines how HM Treasury and HMRC manage tax measures that have an impact on the environment.

  13. Protecting consumers? Removing retail price controls

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    By being able to switch suppliers, customers have put competitive pressures on telecom, electricity, gas, and postal providers following the removal of pricing controls. Around half of energy and fixed line telecoms customers have switched supplier and 90 per cent of people doing so found it easy. There have been problems, however, particularly for more […]

  15. Streamlining farm oversight

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    Farm oversight activity does not deliver value for money for the taxpayer and continues to burden compliant farmers unnecessarily.

  17. The energy supplier market

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    This report examines the recent exit of energy suppliers from the market and government’s role in managing the exits.

  18. The BBC’s management of three major estate projects

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    The BBC Trust has today published an independent report prepared by the National Audit Office (NAO) on the BBC’s management of three major estates projects. These were the refurbishment and redevelopment of Broadcasting House in London, the construction of Pacific Quay in Glasgow and the Corporation’s forthcoming move to Salford Quays.

  19. Fracking for shale gas in England

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    This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.

  20. Ensuring food safety and standards

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    This report examines the effectiveness of regulations to ensure that food is safe and is what it says it is.