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  1. Progress report on the Regional Growth Fund

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    Improvements have been made to the running of the Regional Growth Fund, but there is still a significant amount of public money to allocate through the Fund.

  2. Managing the impact of Housing Benefit reform

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    DWP is working to manage the introduction of the housing benefit reforms and has a critical role to play in anticipating adverse consequences.

  3. Police accountability: Landscape review

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    The new policing oversight framework has been in place for a year but already there are gaps in the system with the potential to undermine accountability both to the Home Office and the public.

  5. Review: The NAO’s work on local delivery

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    This briefing draws out findings from 46 NAO reports since 2008-09 that are relevant to local delivery. It communicates the wide range of work we have undertaken and the main lessons that have arisen from it.

  6. The Regional Growth Fund

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    The £1.4 billion funding could result in 41,000 extra full-time equivalent private sector jobs but thousands more could have been created from the same resources.

  7. Out-of-hours GP services in England

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    Although some areas of the NHS in England are achieving value for money for out-of-hours GP services, this is not the case across the board.

  10. Improving the Criminal Justice System – lessons from local change projects

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    This report draws out good practice lessons from three local improvement projects. It has been produced jointly by the National Audit Office, Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

  11. The New Homes Bonus

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    The NAO believes a review of the New Homes Bonus scheme is essential to ensure the Department understands the substantial financial risks to local authorities.

  14. Managing the transition to the reformed health system

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    Although new organisations set up as part of the reformed health system were ready to start functioning on time, the transition to the system is not yet complete.

  15. Monitor: Regulating NHS foundation trusts

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    Monitor has achieved value for money in regulating NHS foundation trusts, and has generally been effective in helping trusts in difficulty to improve.

  16. Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds

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    The Department for Education has made progress against many of its objectives in delivering the free entitlement to early education, but it must address variations in take-up, quality of provision and the impact on attainment in later years if it is to achieve value for money.

  17. The mortgage rescue scheme

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    The Mortgage Rescue Scheme, launched in January 2009 by the Department for Communities and Local Government, achieved fewer than half of the rescues expected. The Department helped 2,600 households avoid repossession and homelessness at a cost of in excess of £240 million – but it originally expected to help 6,000 households for £205 million.

  18. The failure of the FiReControl project

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    The project to replace the 46 Fire and Rescue Services’ local control rooms across England with nine purpose-built regional control centres linked by a new IT system has been a comprehensive failure, according to the National Audit Office. The Department for Communities and Local Government acted to cut its losses by terminating the contract in […]

  19. Programmes to help families facing multiple challenges

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    Two government programmes aiming to help families with multiple challenges, such as unemployment and anti-social behaviour, are starting to provide benefits but considerable challenges remain.