Ambulances need to travel fast! Ambulance drivers must take risks that regular drivers do not. This includes running red lights and travelling at high speeds through busy roads. However, to avoid accidents, precautions are taken to manage risks. The driver is trained, there are flashing blue lights and loud sirens. Delivering programmes at speed requires […]
We will examine if the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield are taking a sustainable approach to decommissioning.
This report examines progress in establishing Integrated Care Systems in England.
This guide addresses the complex topic of corporate finance in the public sector and includes key questions to ask when scrutinising corporate finance activities.
This report examines whether the Ministry of Defence has managed to reduce the risks to affordability in its Equipment Plan.
There are significant uncertainties in plans for cleaning-up Sellafield. The Authority is working to understand and address project under-performance.
The environment for government borrowing has become more challenging in recent years – requiring sustained focus from government.
This report assesses how the BBC has positioned itself to respond to financial and strategic challenges and opportunities.
This report examines government’s progress with its programme of trade negotiations since the UK’s departure from the EU.
The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
Our report looks at whether the government is well positioned to achieve its drug strategy’s 10-year ambitions.
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.
This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.
This guide helps audit and risk committee members to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on their organisations.
This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
This study assesses the financial assumptions underlying the Ministry of Defence’s 10-year Equipment Plan.
This report provides an update on HMRC’s progress with the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) since July 2017. We consider the deliverability of the CDS programme and highlight the risks and issues HMRC needs to manage to fully implement CDS by January 2019.
Our report looks at whether the preparations undertaken by DSIT (and previously DCMS) and Ofcom for the implementation of the new online safety legislation are sufficiently advanced.
BEIS worked quickly to introduce financial support for rising energy bills (currently estimated at £69bn), recognising it had to make compromises.
Older ICT systems critical for the delivery of key public services (‘legacy ICT’) expose departments to risks which must be understood and managed.