Resilience to animal diseases
Summer 2025This study will examine if Defra, working with key bodies, is taking effective action to ensure that England is resilient to animal diseases.
This study will examine if Defra, working with key bodies, is taking effective action to ensure that England is resilient to animal diseases.
An upcoming NAO report will examine the Probation Service, which aims to protect the public through the effective rehabilitation of offenders.
The cyber threat to UK government is severe; government must act now to protect its own operations and key public services.
In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, championed effective innovation as a way to tackle the ongoing challenge of rising demand for stretched public services.
We look at the government’s long-term ambition “to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk” and, in the more immediate term, whether Defra and EA are delivering value for money after two years of the capital programme.
Government is underprepared for extreme weather events which can cause significant disruption to people, businesses, and their communities.
A guide for senior leaders and risk practitioners across government with ways to help overcome the challenges to managing risks.
This guide is for senior finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on how to allocate resources for better financial management in government. It is the third in a five-part series of guides, which follow the financial management lifecycle. For public services to be efficient and […]
This upcoming National Audio Office investigation will examine what progress the government has made in addressing antimicrobial resistance.
The Bank of England is overhauling its management of non-financial risks. The Bank is progressing but recognises there is more to be done.
The UK’s future resilience to dangerous diseases is being undermined by decision-making failures regarding a planned health security campus in Harlow.
Our good practice guide outlines how to plan strategically and realistically to align strategy and planning, address optimism bias, and deal with risk and uncertainty.
Our guide sets out the elements to consider & questions to support good practice and value for money, through real examples from our reports.
Our report provides updates on the government’s evolving approach to national resilience and risk management.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has been processing standard driving licences at normal levels following the backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still delays in applications from drivers with medical conditions, according to the National Audit Office.
This report sets out the NAO’s assessment of the delivery of the electronic monitoring (‘tagging’) transformation programme.
This report examines whether the Home Office is well placed to deliver value for money from the Police Uplift Programme.
This interactive guide sets out good practice principles for annual reporting with examples from public sector organisations.
This report considers how well HMRC has managed tax debt through the pandemic.
Our latest blog explains what enterprise thinking is and why you need it for risk management across a whole system.