This report brings together our learning and identifies eight areas for government departments and national regulators to consider when designing, delivering and improving regulation involving local regulatory delivery.
Report summarising the National Audit Office’s (NAO) investigation into the provision of supported housing in England.
Our report looks at how DHSC is responding to the challenges facing adult social care in England, and its progress delivering reforms.
This report examines the progress made in improving the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements. Delays in completing audited accounts can have significant implications for local accountability and the effective management of public money.
The C&AG has reported on the 2019-20 accounts of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
This guide provides information on how people can ask questions and raise objections about the accounts of their local authority.
Factual briefing on alcohol treatment services in England, informed by discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and the Association of Directors of Public Health.
A factual overview of funding provided to the Coventry City of Culture Trust, which became insolvent in March 2023.
This report examines the extent to which the regulation of private renting supports DLUHC’s aim to ensure fairness for renters.
The Comptroller & Auditor General’s report on the 2020-2021 accounts of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.
This report examines government’s management of the Affordable Homes Programme since 2015
The NAO is publishing a suite of Departmental Overviews, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees and Members of Parliament.
This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.
This financial overview looks at what local government in England spends, how this spending is funded and the effect of changes in recent years.
This report looks at BEIS’s oversight of the schemes, its understanding of what the schemes achieved, and how well it worked with local authorities.
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
A summary of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, spending in 2019-20, its major areas of activity and performance, and the challenges it is likely to face in the coming year, based on the insights from our financial audit and value for money work.
This report examines progress in establishing Integrated Care Systems in England.
This report establishes the facts on how the government has provided accommodation for rough sleepers during COVID-19.