Benjamin Peters
@benjaminp.bsky.social
Public policy and foreign affairs specialist.
Head of external comms at National Audit Office. Helping Parliament hold government to account. LGBTQ+ homelessness advocate and amateur furniture-maker.
https://www.nao.org.uk | https://stonewallhousing.org
Head of external comms at National Audit Office. Helping Parliament hold government to account. LGBTQ+ homelessness advocate and amateur furniture-maker.
https://www.nao.org.uk | https://stonewallhousing.org
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?...
Managing major government projects in a way that makes public money work harder
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November 19, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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?...
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/equi...
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/equi...
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.
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December 4, 2023 at 10:57 AM
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/equi...
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/equi...
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.
www.nao.org.uk/reports/civi...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/civi...
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.
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November 30, 2023 at 2:28 PM
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.
www.nao.org.uk/reports/civi...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/civi...
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/leve...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/leve...
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.
www.nao.org.uk
November 17, 2023 at 1:34 PM
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/leve...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/leve...
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.
www.nao.org.uk/reports/resi...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/resi...
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”
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November 15, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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.
www.nao.org.uk/reports/resi...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/resi...
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/refo...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/refo...
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.
www.nao.org.uk
November 10, 2023 at 1:55 PM
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 👇🏻
www.nao.org.uk/reports/refo...
www.nao.org.uk/reports/refo...