Search results for 'Local services and housing'

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  1. Investigation into shared ownership

    Work in progress

    Spring 2026

    This study will investigate how government is ensuring that the shared ownership model is providing access to affordable homes as intended.

  2. Unlocking land for housing 

    Work in progress

    Winter 2025/26

    Our report will examine whether unlocking land is effectively supporting government’s ambitions to build the right homes in the right places.

  3. Home to school transport

    Report Value for money

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    Our report looks at why home to school transport is one of the fastest growing areas of spending for local authorities in England.

  4. Local bus services in England

    Report Value for money

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    A new NAO report examines if the Department for Transport has delivered value for money from its support to local bus services outside of London.

  5. Local government financial sustainability

    Report Value for money

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    Pressured public services and delays to reform the funding system are contributing to local authorities’ finances becoming unsustainable.

  6. Find a local public body’s audit report

    Overview Interactive visualisation

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    This map tool map lets you explore where auditors have issued non-standard reports locally in the NHS and local government in England.

  7. Active Travel in England

    Report Value for money

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    Our report assesses the government’s progress delivering its ambition to increase rates of walking, wheeling and cycling.

  8. How to deliver regulation locally

    Insight Lessons learned

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    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.

  9. Investigation into supported housing

    Report Value for money

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    Report summarising the National Audit Office’s (NAO) investigation into the provision of supported housing in England.