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  1. Universal Credit: progress update

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    The DWP has reset Universal Credit on a sounder basis but at significant cost, by extending the time for implementation and choosing a more expensive approach.

  2. Reforming defence acquisition

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    MOD has made good progress stabilising the equipment programme but needs to set out how a bespoke trading entity will transform Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) into the leading defence acquisition organisation by 2017.

  3. Department for Work and Pensions: Resource Accounts 2009-10

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    The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified the 2009-10 accounts of the DWP, which have been qualified every year since 1988-89, because of the material level of fraud and error in expenditure on state benefits.

  4. Investigation into the UNBOXED festival

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    An investigation into the UNBOXED festival by the National Audit Office found that audience engagement was lower than originally modelled, although the project was delivered on time and is forecast to be on budget.

  6. Defence inventory management

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    Delivery to the frontline is still being put at risk by longstanding weaknesses in inventory management, despite the Ministry of Defence taking steps to improve, according to a new National Audit Office report.

  8. Supporting local economic growth

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    This report considers lessons DLUHC has learned from implementing local growth policies, and how it has applied them.

  9. Update on preparations for Smart Metering

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    The economic case for the smart metering programme remains positive but there are significant risks and challenges to successful implementation, which must be managed.

  11. Entitlement to free early education and childcare

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    Significant progress has been made in providing 15 hours of free childcare to parents of 3- and 4-year olds, but the Department of Education has not yet achieved full value for money

  13. Government Shared Services

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    The Government has made progress delivering its latest strategy to share back-office services across Whitehall departments in the past year, but remaining barriers will need to be addressed for it to deliver its plans by 2028 and achieve value for money, according to the National Audit Office.

  14. Strategic flood risk management

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    The Environment Agency has improved the cost effectiveness and prioritization of its flood risk spending but current spending is insufficient to meet many flood defence maintenance needs.

  16. Responding to crises

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    The Department for International Development’s spending on humanitarian interventions has almost trebled between 2010-11 and 2014-15 to more than £1 billion per year, rising as a share of its total budget from 6% to 14%.

  17. 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.

  18. Discharging older patients from hospital

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    There are currently far too many older people in hospitals who do not need to be there. Without radical action, this problem will worsen and add further financial strain to the NHS and local government.