Vulnerable consumers in regulated industries
Regulators and government need to work together better to ensure that vulnerable consumers get the support they need.
31 Mar 2017
Regulators and government need to work together better to ensure that vulnerable consumers get the support they need.
“The Warm Front Scheme makes a difference to the warmth and fuel bills of so many people.
“However, more could be done to help those households most in need by reducing expenditure on measures which have limited impact on fuel costs and on homes which are already energy efficient. And funds should be redirected to better assist, for example, those in ‘hard to treat’ homes such as those not connected to mains gas or without cavity walls.”
This report sets out the challenges facing the water industry in England and assesses how Defra is tackling them.
It is important that the DWP use the hard lessons it learned from implementing its recent programme of welfare reforms to improve how it manages change and anticipates risk.
“Good progress has been made in increasing the employment rate for older people. As people are living longer it is important that they have better opportunities to continue working for longer, should they wish to do so, than has been the case in the past. There is scope for government agencies to focus their efforts on improving the employability of older people and for targeting disadvantaged groups. Success will bring benefits not only for the individual, but also for business, the taxpayer and the economy at large.”
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the accounts of over 7,000 bodies across the public sector, including central and local government and public corporations such as the Bank of England, to produce an accounts-based picture of the UK’s public finances.
The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the consolidated financial statements for the whole of the UK public sector, showing what the UK Government spends and receives, and what it owns and owes.
This is an interactive visualisation of the financial information contained within the Whole of Government accounts published over the last five years
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.
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Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Whole of Government Accounts 2018-2019.