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  3. Rolling out smart meters

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    This report examines the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s progress in rolling out smart meters.

  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.

  8. Making a whistleblowing policy work

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    The National Audit Office has today published its second report on whistleblowing. The NAO’s first report reviewed whistleblowing policies from 39 bodies, including its own, against good practice.

  10. The Administrative Burdens Reduction Programme, 2008

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    Initiatives to reduce the administrative burdens of complying with regulations have helped improve business perceptions of the government’s approach to regulation but businesses have not reported a reduction in the time taken to comply with regulations. The Administrative Burdens Reduction Programme aims to reduce by a quarter by 2010 the cost to businesses of complying […]

  11. Government grant services

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    Government has given less attention to grants than to other policy funding mechanisms, despite grant funding being higher in value, making up 41 per cent (£292 billion) of its total expenditure.

  13. 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.

  14. The Levy Control Framework

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    The Levy Control Framework is a valuable tool for supporting control of costs to consumers arising from government energy policies, but it has not been fully effective in key areas.

  16. Reducing carbon emissions from cars

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    This report examines how well the government has used public money to support the uptake of ultra-low emission cars.

  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. Regulation of private renting

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    This report examines the extent to which the regulation of private renting supports DLUHC’s aim to ensure fairness for renters.

  20. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Taking forward decommissioning

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    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has established the first comprehensive programme to clean up the UK’s first generation of public sector civil nuclear facilities. A report out today by the National Audit Office shows that the Authority has made progress but will need to tackle significant challenges if it is to ensure a step change in […]