An external assurance review of Halton Borough Council was completed in May 2026 by CIPFA for MHCLG, assessing the council’s financial governance, internal controls and risk management within the 2026–27 review programme.
Evaluation
CIPFA led an external assurance review of Gloucester City Council in May 2026 for MHCLG, reviewing the authority’s financial governance, control frameworks and risk arrangements as part of the 2026–27 external assurance programme.
Evaluation
The London Borough of Enfield was subject to an external assurance review in May 2026, led by CIPFA for MHCLG, examining the borough’s financial governance, controls and risk management under the 2026–27 assurance reviews.
Evaluation
An external assurance review of East Sussex County Council was undertaken in May 2026 by CIPFA for MHCLG, assessing the council’s financial governance, internal controls and risk arrangements in the 2026–27 review cycle.
Evaluation
An annual overview of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance for winter 2025–26, presenting seasonal surveillance results and trends to inform clinical and public‑health responses.
Estimates economic and social welfare impacts of night flights in the UK and models how those impacts would change under alternative night‑flying policy scenarios, informing potential policy adjustments.
Economic analysis
Regulatory Policy Committee assessment of the evidence and analysis underpinning the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Trade’s options assessments on reforms to zero‑hours and similar contracts.
byIpsos
Provides independent advice to DCMS on a proposed subsidy to UDX Development Company Limited, assessing the measure’s compatibility with subsidy control rules and likely economic effects on the relevant market and competitors.
Economic analysis
External assurance review of Worthing Borough Council, led by CIPFA in May 2026, assessing governance, financial management and improvement actions and providing recommendations for the 2026–27 period.
Evaluation
An annual overview of winter 2024–25 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance, summarising incidence patterns and surveillance findings across the season.
Provides the national monthly water situation for England in 2026, reporting on rainfall, soil moisture deficit, river flows, groundwater levels and reservoirs to support national water resilience planning.
Publishes monthly local reports across England covering rainfall, soil moisture deficit, river flows, groundwater and reservoir levels to inform regional water management and drought monitoring.
Key performance data for antenatal, newborn, young person and adult screening for Quarter 4 (1 January to 31 March 2024), providing routine KPI figures on coverage, timeliness and performance across NHS England screening programmes.
Early evaluation presents emerging findings from the WorkWell pilots, covering implementation across 15 programmes between October 2024 and March 2025 and initial indications of participant engagement, delivery challenges and early outcomes.
EvaluationbyIFF Research
Qualitative findings from interviews with 53–67‑year‑olds exploring how people understand, approach and make pension decumulation decisions, and the factors shaping their choices.
QualitativebyIFF Research
Update summarising hen harrier tracking data collected since 2002, describing dispersal behaviour evidence from the long-running monitoring programme to inform conservation and management.
Longitudinal
Sets out the background, data sources and parameter choices used to build BIST’s new quantitative trade model (NQTM), documenting assumptions and inputs for model use and further analysis.
Economic analysis
Details the data, parameters and modelling approach used in the NQTM to assess the upgraded UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement, explaining how impacts were simulated in the paper.
Economic analysis
Presents analysis calculating the number of passenger flights cancelled at short notice across UK airports between May and July 2026, providing monthly counts and methodology used to identify and classify short‑notice cancellations.
Mixed methods
National survey reports arrivals’ satisfaction with border services, confidence in border security, views on Border Force staff behaviour and experiences of digital border services for the year ending March 2026.
SurveybyIpsos
Quarterly and annual surveillance reports on non‑statutory zoonoses and infections shared between humans and animals, summarising detection patterns and public‑health implications from animal health monitoring.
Continues the Environment Agency’s work on measuring methane emissions from landfills, presenting measurement approaches, metrics and findings to improve national landfill methane accounting.
Feasibility study
Analyses voluntary radiotherapy incident and near‑miss reports from UK providers and reporting authorities, drawing learning points and recommendations to improve safer radiotherapy practices.
Evidence review
Annual laboratory data on reported Cryptosporidium infections in England from 2014 onwards, setting out case counts and trends in national surveillance of this gastrointestinal pathogen.
Survey of low-paid workers gathers detailed evidence on pay levels, living standards and working conditions to inform the Low Pay Commission’s understanding of the experiences of those earning at the bottom of the labour market.
SurveybyYouGov
Provides the Regulatory Policy Committee’s assessment of the quality of evidence and analysis underpinning the Department of Health and Social Care’s options assessments on tobacco and vaping packaging, appearance and display.
Responds to a ministerial commission by setting out the proposed remit and establishment of an Alternative Methods Expert Committee within the Animals in Science Committee to advise on non‑animal research methods.
Notification of a proposed release of a precision‑bred rapeseed plant in England (reference PBR/26/008), providing details of the organism and the planned release for regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny.
A schedule of forthcoming Department for Work and Pensions management information and ad hoc analytical releases, outlining planned publication topics and timings for internal performance and policy monitoring.
Survey explores how employees and self-employed workers manage health and wellbeing at work during 2024–25, covering workplace practices, support access and impacts on ability to work.
SurveybyIFF Research