General Reports and Other Publications (Archive)

ONS:  Workless households for regions across the UK, 2014 – (ONS:  Birth Characteristics in England & Wales, 2014)

NAO:  The art of spending public money wisely

NO:  Councils reminded they can contract out services, but they cannot contract out accountability – (NO:  Proper timescales must be followed when deciding homelessness applications, LGO reminds councils)

NHS England:  1 in 4 GP appointments potentially avoidable

GDS Blogs:  It’s all about people: DVLA delivers real transformation – (GDS:  Status tracking - making it easy to keep users informed ~ Government as a platform for the rest of us)

DVSA:  The Highway Code is now easier to use on GOV.UK

ScotGov:  Rise in early reading – (Drop in Scotland’s food waste welcomed)

Adam Smith Inst:  Let councils replace business rates with a tax on land values

IPPR:  £1bn shortfall in Government childcare extension pledge

IPPR North:  George Osborne speech - Business rates devolution opens bold new frontier in Northern Powerhouse and decentralisation

IFG:  Statement on the creation of a National Infrastructure Commission

NIESR:  October 2015 GDP estimates: GDP growth by 0.5% in 3 months ending in September 2015

IEA:  Support for ‘Corbynomics’ could see damaging policy mistakes repeated – (IEA:  Business rate devolution brings welcome tax competition to the UK)

DEMOS:  Enlist Social Media Users to Tackle Online Extremism

techUK:  Addressing trust and security is key to UK's cloud computing future – (techUK:  Equal Pay Survey)

Public Service Insights: Effectively Onboarding New Employees With An Intranet