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A parliamentary group has made 13 recommendations to improve public sector building projects, including establishing an advisory group on procurement to provide buyers with support.

Deputy chief procurement officer Sally Collier has said the government is “negotiating every week” to deliver changes, and predicted a more favourable regulatory environment by 2016.

The National Audit Office has published a critical report into a deal for translation and interpretation services, blaming insufficient due diligence on the supplier for the problems.

There continues to be differences between the amounts central government departments pay for commodities such as A4 paper and energy, according to the TaxPayers’ Alliance.