Managing major government projects in a way that makes public money work harder YouTube video by National Audit Office

Major government projects are hugely expensive and very risky. There’s a lot of public money at stake. This is how we think they can be delivered better. youtu.be/XGl5QubIt_c?...

The Equipment Plan 2023 to 2033 - NAO report The MoD’s Equipment Plan is unaffordable and facing the largest budget deficit since the Plan was first published in 2012, according to a new report by the NAO.

There’s a £17bn deficit forecast in the MOD’s 10yr equipment plan.

Costs are up 27% due to inflation and the decision to prioritise the replacement of the UKs nuclear deterrent to schedule - which has increased by £38bn since last year. Find out more 👇🏻

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Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management - NAO report Government has opportunities to improve the efficient management of its workforce, including on recruitment, pay and performance management.

You can’t govern well without an effective civil service - and that requires a well managed workforce. We’ve looked at civil service pay, recruitment and performance management. Cabinet office needs to work better with departments to improve efficiencies across all 3.

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Levelling up funding to local government - NAO report Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.

How’s Levelling Up going? The government aimed to fund “shovel ready” projects but DLUHC is behind schedule in delivering. Only 10% of the £ for Towns Fund, UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Levelling Up Fund had been spent by March. More in our latest report 👇🏻

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Resilience to flooding - National Audit Office (NAO) report We look at government’s long-term ambition "to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk”

The risk of flooding is going up. But since launching its plan in 2020 government has lowered its target for the number of properties it will protect by 40%. It’s also cut 500 of the 2000 planned flood defence projects. Yet funding for the programme has doubled.

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Reforming adult social care in England - NAO report Our report looks at how DHSC is responding to the challenges facing adult social care in England, and its progress delivering reforms.

In 2019 government promised to ‘fix the crisis in social care’. We’ve found that adult social care reforms are behind schedule and over half the £1.7bn funding for reform has been reallocated elsewhere. DHSC needs to make a long-term funded plan. More in our report 👇🏻

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