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.
High profile incidents remind individuals and organisations just how important it is to manage potential conflicts of interest. In March 2017, the Court of the Bank of England commissioned a review of the institution’s approach to managing conflicts of interest. The review was prompted by the resignation of Charlotte Hogg who had been Deputy Governor […]
The Ministry of Justice does not know whether everyone eligible for legal aid can access it and government needs to do more to ensure the sustainability of the legal aid market if it is to achieve value for money.
Disclosure guides are designed to ensure that audited bodies have prepared an account in the appropriate form and have complied with all disclosure requirements.
Grant-makers in the culture, media and sport sector fund awards of around £1.8 billion a year. The cost of administering these grants, and of related activities, is in the region of £200 million. Variations in administration costs between grant programmes reflect their differing objectives but also suggest scope for grant-makers to learn from each other […]
Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.
Sellafield nuclear site is not yet achieving value for money due to concerns over project management, the pace of delivery and staffing.
This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
Our new study looks at whether the government is set up to deliver value for money from its approach to investment in pursuit of net zero.
Government has provided more than £20 billion of support to biomass businesses, but it can’t yet demonstrate the technology is sustainable.
This overview of the NAO’s work on the government’s management of contracting examines subjects including the government’s commercial capability, accountability and transparency, and its management of contracted-out service delivery.
If the government is serious about increasing its use of small and medium – sized enterprises (SMEs), it will need to focus on those areas where SMEs can deliver real benefits.
Our interactive data visualisation gives you a greater insight into the challenges faced by local authorities.
This study assesses the effectiveness of the government’s activity to combat fraud.
Government is taking longer than it should to appoint non-executive directors (NED) to public positions, and these delays can leave gaps on boards, creating risks to governance, and reducing the number of high-quality candidates.
This investigation sets out how HMRC introduced the 2017 IR35 reforms, and what lessons it has learned and taken forward.
The dental recovery plan, launched in February 2024, is unlikely deliver an additional 1.5 million treatments by March 2025.
The progress made by a programme to modernise the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The role and remit of Local Enterprise Partnerships has grown since 2010, but the approach taken by DCLG to overseeing Growth Deals risks future value for money.
There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of a new policy to make sure developers protect or improve biodiversity