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  2. About us

    The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-quality audits.

  4. Efficiency savings require learning past lessons

    Insight Opinion

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    Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, outlines lessons from NAO reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament.

  8. Planning for new homes

    Report Value for money

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    This report assesses how effectively the Department supports the planning regime to provide the right homes in the right places.

  9. Financial sustainability of fire and rescue services

    Report Value for money

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    Fire and rescue authorities have managed funding reductions well. The Department for Communities and Local Government should, however, seek greater assurance that authorities are maintaining service standards and delivering value for money locally

  11. Impact of funding reductions on fire and rescue services

    Report Value for money

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    Fire and rescue authorities have managed funding reductions well. The Department for Communities and Local Government should, however, seek greater assurance that authorities are maintaining service standards and delivering value for money locally.

  13. Confirmed impacts: Managing reductions in local authority government funding

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    This impacts case study shows how central government has responded to our identification of the need to have a better understanding of the implications on local service delivery when making funding decisions, and how local government has made use of our report.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  14. Whole of Government Accounts 2017-18

    Report Financial audit

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    The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.

  16. Improving services is a team game

    Insight Opinion

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    Imagine being asked to design and provide a service that meets the needs of everyone in your street. This crossed my mind when the borough where I live in London became a surge testing location for coronavirus. For me that means producing a service that works for Margaret and David, the retired couple that have […]

  17. Levelling up funding to local government

    Press release

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    Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.

  18. Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme Data Visualisation

    Report Interactive visualisation

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    Last updated – 21 October 2019 Introduction to the topic The government introduced the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme to address a fall in property sales following the financial crash of 2008 and the consequent tightening of regulations by the regulatory authorities over the availability of high loan-to-value and high loan-to-income mortgages. The scheme has two […]