Reforming adult social care in England
Published on:Government has delayed plans to cap lifetime social care costs and scaled back plans for reforming the system it set out in December 2021.
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Getting contracts right and responding if they go wrong
Published on:Billions of pounds of cost increase due to contractual change, delays introducing communication networks for our emergency services, potential strains on Army personnel – our recent reports illustrate the huge importance of getting contracts right, and what organisations need to do if they go wrong. They also reinforce the principles discussed in previous posts in […]
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Defence Equipment and Support 2014-15 financial statements
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his opinion on the financial statements of Defence Equipment & Support.
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Spending watchdog finds chargepoint rollout on track, but several hurdles remain
Published on:Public electric vehicle chargepoint installations are on track, but government needs to make sure they are located in the right places.
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Right data, right place, right time
Published on:Have you ever had the frustration of having to provide the same information about yourself to different government services? Have you ever had to make decisions without information about what does and doesn’t work? Data is fundamental to delivering public services, improving systems and processes, and supporting sound decisions – but accessing accurate data is […]
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Evaluating the government balance sheet: provisions, contingent liabilities and guarantees
Published on:We have published a series of reports which explore some of the major risks to public finances highlighted in the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).
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Departmental sustainability overview: Department for Transport
Published on:This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability within the Department for Transport.
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Reports on Department of Health, NHS England and NHS Foundation Trusts’ consolidated accounts 2015-16
Published on:The Department of Health and its partners are still some way from implementing a plan to put the NHS’ finances in England on a sustainable footing, according to three reports issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2016-17 Accounts of High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has today qualified the accounts of High Speed Two (HS2) Limited owing to its running a redundancy scheme at enhanced terms without the necessary approvals.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Civil Superannuation accounts 2010-11
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has qualified his audit opinion on the 2010-11 Civil Superannuation accounts which report the financial results of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and a number of other small public sector pension schemes.
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Impact of funding reductions on fire and rescue services
Published on:Fire and rescue authorities have managed funding reductions well. The Department for Communities and Local Government should, however, seek greater assurance that authorities are maintaining service standards and delivering value for money locally.
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Managing conflicts of interest and keeping public trust
Published on:High profile incidents remind individuals and organisations just how important it is to manage potential conflicts of interest. In March 2017, the Court of the Bank of England commissioned a review of the institution’s approach to managing conflicts of interest. The review was prompted by the resignation of Charlotte Hogg who had been Deputy Governor […]
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The Shareholder Executive and Public Sector Businesses
Published on:The Shareholder Executive has improved government’s performance as owner of public businesses and is already producing some real financial gains for the public sector, according to a report out today by the National Audit Office. But increasing the Executive’s powers, such as expanding its remit to cover all public sector businesses and giving it greater […]
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Department for International Development: investing through CDC
Published on:The Department for International Development has improved its oversight of CDC and has directed it to address many of the weaknesses previously identified by Parliament. However, it remains a significant challenge for CDC to demonstrate its ultimate objective of creating and making a lasting difference to people’s lives in some of the world’s poorest places.
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Energy bills support
Published on:BEIS worked quickly to introduce financial support for rising energy bills (currently estimated at £69bn), recognising it had to make compromises.
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Value For Money in public sector corporate services – A joint project by the UK Public Sector Audit Agencies
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Resilience to flooding
Published on:The Environment Agency has cut its forecast for the number of additional properties that will be better protected from flooding by 40% since plans were first unveiled in 2020, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.
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Government’s management of legal aid
Published on:The Ministry of Justice does not know whether everyone eligible for legal aid can access it and government needs to do more to ensure the sustainability of the legal aid market if it is to achieve value for money.
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The government’s support for biomass
Published on:Government has provided more than £20 billion of support to biomass businesses, but it can’t yet demonstrate the technology is sustainable.
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Support for innovation to deliver net zero
Published on:Our new study looks at whether the government is set up to deliver value for money from its approach to investment in pursuit of net zero.