Accountability in small government bodies
Published on:Government can release resources and improve accountability by tailoring governance and audit requirements for small public bodies.
Government can release resources and improve accountability by tailoring governance and audit requirements for small public bodies.
Government must reset the HS2 programme successfully to avoid repeating past failures and to maximise value for money.
An increasingly complex tax system is burdening government and business with billions in admin costs.
Gareth Davies uses the NAO’s insights to outline what government needs to do to make public money work harder
AI presents the government with opportunities to transform public services potentially delivering billions of pounds in productivity savings.
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, has reported on the DWP’s 2022-23 accounts and has qualified his audit opinion.
Sellafield nuclear site is not yet achieving value for money due to concerns over project management, the pace of delivery and staffing.
An investigation into Verify, the government’s identity verification platform. It examines its performance, costs and benefits.
We estimate that fraud & error cost the taxpayer £55-81 billion in 2023-24. This report introduces impact of fraud & error on public funds.
This paper sets out how we used instrumental variables to estimate the impact of benefit sanctions on the employment outcomes of sanctioned individuals in the Work Programme – a large welfare-to-work programme for the long-term unemployed.
Financial, legal and governance risks remain which the MoD must mitigate to support the increasingly important role of the reserve forces in national defence.
This report examines the performance of the Ministry of Defence in delivering the F-35 programme compared to its aims.
Home Office’s quick acquisition of the Northeye site for asylum accommodation led to it cutting corners and paying more than it needed to.
The St Helena airport’s planned opening date in May 2016 has been postponed as outstanding safety concerns are addressed, potentially adding to the project’s cost and delaying its benefits.
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.
There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of a new policy to make sure developers protect or improve biodiversity
Capacity and capability issues, including a lack of digital skills, have contributed to delays to government’s Pensions Dashboards Programme.
Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.
The BBC has made progress transferring commissioning, production and journalism outside London, according to a new National Audit Office report.
Former UK Atomic Energy Authority employees who transferred to a privatised company spent a decade seeking resolution from government after their pensions fell in value.