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29 Mar 22
Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
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21 Jul 21
The government’s funding process for its own digital projects hinders long-term planning and makes it difficult to maintain infrastructure, according to the National Audit Office.
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11 Jun 21
The removal of red tape during Covid-19 has demonstrated the need for long-term procurement efficiency reforms, a council officer has told peers.
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5 Jun 21
Tackling climate change and achieving our ambitious target of net-zero emissions requires a step change across our society and economy, says Lord Agnew, government minister for efficiency and...
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7 May 21
Charlene Maginnis, Crown Commercial Service’s head of policy delivery – supply chain and service offering, explains how the Government’s rules on social value are shaping the public sector’s buying...
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22 Apr 21
Emergency coronavirus contracts totalling £3.7bn raised “red flags” meriting further investigation, according to advocacy group Transparency International.
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22 Feb 21
The government has launched a consultation on extending the use of shared data collected by the National Fraud Initiative in a move it says could save the public sector £10m a year.
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10 Feb 21
Government plans to procure personal protective equipment before Covid-19 were inadequate, leading to hundreds of millions of pounds being wasted on PPE not fit for purpose, according to a group of...
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5 Feb 21
Local authorities in England will receive around £15m in additional funding to help hold safe council elections, after the government confirmed polling will take place on 6 May.
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22 Jan 21
Differences between the government’s digital systems for procurement and accounting contributed to the government’s lack of transparency over Covid-19 procurement, a Parliamentary committee has heard...
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1 Oct 20
The Cabinet Office took reasonable steps to control the cost of ventilator procurement on behalf of the NHS during the early stages of the pandemic, according to the National Audit Office.
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2 Jul 20
The Cabinet Office has asked for evidence on the fairness in government debt collection.
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18 Jun 20
Bringing back outsourced services from the private sector could improve quality, increase reliability, and save money, according to a report from think-tank the Institute for Government.
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27 Mar 20
Following the Cabinet Office’s decision to waive the rules on payment in advance, PF speaks to Peter Schofield, vice chair of the Local Government Association's national advisory group of public...
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24 Mar 20
The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
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3 Feb 20
The Cabinet Office should better focus on what it wants to achieve with a campaign in the future to avoid the same ineffectiveness of the £46m ‘Get ready for Brexit’ promotion, according to the...
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28 Oct 19
England’s shale gas industry has not progressed as quickly as the government had hoped, the National Audit Office has found.
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21 Aug 19
Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
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9 Aug 19
Current redundancy terms for civil servants will remain in place until at least the end of this year, the government has told the Public and Commercial Services Union.
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19 Mar 19
Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
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15 Mar 19
A government programme to improve cyber security in the UK could go over deadline as it is running out of money, the spending watchdog has warned.
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28 Jan 19
Fraud and error loss from central government was estimated to have cost up to £20bn in 2016-17, a Cabinet Office report has found.
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26 Nov 18
The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
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19 Nov 18
The government’s response to cyber security threats lacks “a meaningful sense of purpose or urgency”, MPs have warned.
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31 Aug 18
The National Fraud Initiative has saved the government more than £300m across the UK over the past two financial years – a record since the exercise began.
29 Mar 22Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
21 Jul 21The government’s funding process for its own digital projects hinders long-term planning and makes it difficult to maintain infrastructure, according to the National Audit Office.
11 Jun 21The removal of red tape during Covid-19 has demonstrated the need for long-term procurement efficiency reforms, a council officer has told peers.
5 Jun 21Tackling climate change and achieving our ambitious target of net-zero emissions requires a step change across our society and economy, says Lord Agnew, government minister for efficiency and...
7 May 21Charlene Maginnis, Crown Commercial Service’s head of policy delivery – supply chain and service offering, explains how the Government’s rules on social value are shaping the public sector’s buying...
22 Apr 21Emergency coronavirus contracts totalling £3.7bn raised “red flags” meriting further investigation, according to advocacy group Transparency International.
22 Feb 21The government has launched a consultation on extending the use of shared data collected by the National Fraud Initiative in a move it says could save the public sector £10m a year.
10 Feb 21Government plans to procure personal protective equipment before Covid-19 were inadequate, leading to hundreds of millions of pounds being wasted on PPE not fit for purpose, according to a group of...
5 Feb 21Local authorities in England will receive around £15m in additional funding to help hold safe council elections, after the government confirmed polling will take place on 6 May.
22 Jan 21Differences between the government’s digital systems for procurement and accounting contributed to the government’s lack of transparency over Covid-19 procurement, a Parliamentary committee has heard...
2 Jul 20The Cabinet Office has asked for evidence on the fairness in government debt collection.
27 Mar 20Following the Cabinet Office’s decision to waive the rules on payment in advance, PF speaks to Peter Schofield, vice chair of the Local Government Association's national advisory group of public...
3 Feb 20The Cabinet Office should better focus on what it wants to achieve with a campaign in the future to avoid the same ineffectiveness of the £46m ‘Get ready for Brexit’ promotion, according to the...
28 Oct 19England’s shale gas industry has not progressed as quickly as the government had hoped, the National Audit Office has found.
21 Aug 19Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
19 Mar 19Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
15 Mar 19A government programme to improve cyber security in the UK could go over deadline as it is running out of money, the spending watchdog has warned.
26 Nov 18The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
31 Aug 18The National Fraud Initiative has saved the government more than £300m across the UK over the past two financial years – a record since the exercise began.
