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  2. Local government in 2019: a pivotal year

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    2019 will be a pivotal year for local government in England. Numerous difficult and open-ended questions need rapid resolution, at a time when government focus and capacity is directed elsewhere. Drawing on a number of our recent reports, here I explore some of the challenges facing the sector, from budget cuts and growing social care […]

  4. Diversity and inclusion strategy 2015-2018

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    This strategy sets out how the NAO will achieve a more diverse and inclusive workforce and ensure that our work helps improve diversity and inclusion across the public sector, and reports on our diversity progress so far.

  7. Confirmed impacts: Delivering better careers advice for young people

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    This impacts case study shows how our reporting of shortfalls in careers advice, echoed by the education sector, prompted the Department for Education to announce a new company to drive improvements.

    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.

  8. Investigation into Verify

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    An investigation into Verify, the government’s identity verification platform. It examines its performance, costs and benefits.

  10. Improving services is a team game

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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 […]

  11. Decarbonising the power sector

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    This report looks at how DESNZ is set up for power sector decarbonisation while maintaining security of electricity supply and affordability.

  12. Local authority governance

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    Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable

  17. UK Guarantees scheme for infrastructure

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    Under the Scheme, the Treasury guarantees that lenders to infrastructure projects will be repaid in full and on time, irrespective of project performance. The NAO is calling for the Treasury to be rigorous and objective in assessing whether the guarantees, which transfer risk to the public sector, are genuinely needed.

  19. Electricity networks

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    This report examines how effectively Ofgem has used electricity network price controls to protect consumers and achieve government’s environmental goals.