Whistleblowing arrangements in government require further improvement with slow and inconsistent progress being made by departments and other civil service bodies, a new National Audit Office (NAO) report says.
This map tool map lets you explore where auditors have issued non-standard reports locally in the NHS and local government in England.
Government has opportunities to improve the efficient management of its workforce, including on recruitment, pay and performance management.
Our report examined how projects achieve value to see what lessons there are for other projects. By value, we mean the difference projects make to citizens, service users or the environment.
In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said government can provide people with better public services despite the challenging fiscal backdrop.
Customers cumulatively spent 798 years on hold waiting to speak with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in 2022-23.
The government should use the two-year pause on new construction work at HS2 Euston to develop a design that is affordable, deliverable and value for money, according to a new National Audit Office report.
The Delivery Environment Complexity Analytic (DECA) is a tool developed by the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide a high level overview of the challenges, complexity and risks to delivery of a project, programme, policy or area of work.
A factual overview of funding provided to the Coventry City of Culture Trust, which became insolvent in March 2023.
This report uses our experience of auditing programmes to draw together insights to help decision-makers determine whether they should reset a programme and how to increase the chances of a reset succeeding.
This report describes the Home Office’s progress on delivering the Emergency Services Network programme, and sets out the main risks it faces.
Our report describes the role of public money in financing the Royal Household and how the funds are used.
This good practice guide for policy and delivery professionals helps you work with uncertainty in government programmes
An investigation into the UNBOXED festival by the National Audit Office found that audience engagement was lower than originally modelled, although the project was delivered on time and is forecast to be on budget.
This blog highlights our upcoming good practice guide that’s a ‘how to’ guide for people managing a service. It also includes a separate summary on managing demand.
This opinion piece looks at the challenges faced when using Agile for major digital change programmes.
This good practice guide will help audit committees understand and question the quality assurance framework for business-critical models.
We have prepared this guide to help accounting officers, other senior leaders and policymakers understand how the NAO assesses the robustness of the evaluation arrangements in departments.
We have used our insights to highlight the biggest opportunities for spending public money more efficiently and effectively.
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.