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  1. Public Service Pensions

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    This report outlines how the public service pensions landscape has changed since the Hutton Review and highlights future challenges.

  2. Progress in making NHS efficiency savings

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    The NHS made a substantial amount of efficiency savings in 2011-12. These will need to be sustained and built on if savings targets are to be met.

  4. The Equipment Plan 2021 to 2031

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    This report examines whether the Ministry of Defence has managed to reduce the risks to affordability in its Equipment Plan.

  5. Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation

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    The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Green Deal design not only failed to deliver any meaningful benefit, it increased suppliers’ costs – and therefore energy bills – in meeting their obligations through the ECO scheme.

  7. The Regeneration of the Greenwich Peninsula: A Progress Report

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    The O2, a central part of plans to regenerate the Greenwich Peninsula, opened on time in June 2007 and has become a highly successful entertainment venue which has boosted local employment. According to the National Audit Office, however, housing development on the rest of the Peninsula is taking longer than originally expected, and financial returns […]

  8. The Equipment Plan 2020-2030

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    This report reviews the robustness of assumptions underpinning the Ministry of Defence’s 2020–2030 Equipment Plan.

  9. Cabinet Office functional savings

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    The Cabinet Office has reported efficiency savings across shared government functions, but there are opportunities to implement a more robust approach, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).

  10. Efficiency savings require learning past lessons

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    The head of the National Audit Office will today (Thursday 8 December) outline lessons from its reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament. Gareth Davies, Comptroller & Auditor General, will also offer guidance for decision-makers seeking public spending efficiencies against a tough economic backdrop. Davies was […]

  11. Reforming the civilian workforce

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    This report assesses the Ministry of Defence’s approach to reducing and reforming its civilian workforce.

  13. Financial sustainability of schools

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    The government’s approach to managing the risks to schools’ financial sustainability cannot be judged to be effective or providing value for money until more progress is made.

  15. Managing the BBC’s workforce

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    The BBC’s approach to managing its workforce shows definite progress. It will need to monitor workforce changes carefully to build on the recent progress it has made.

  16. Progress on the government estate strategy

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    Departments have continued to reduce their estates and government is now getting better value for money. The Government Property Unit, however, has not yet made much progress towards its more challenging objective of creating an integrated estate.

  18. Use of consultants and temporary staff

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    Annual spending on consultants and temporary staff has reduced by £1.5 billion since 2010 when strict spending controls were introduced. However, annual spend is now increasing once more and is between £400 million and £600 million higher than in 2011-12.

  19. Retaining and developing the teaching workforce

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    Schools, especially secondary schools, face real challenges in retaining and developing their teachers. National data suggest progress but mask significant local variation.