Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018 visualisation
Published on:Our interactive data visualisation gives you a greater insight into the challenges faced by local authorities.
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Support for innovation to deliver net zero
Published on: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.
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Non-executive appointments
Published on: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.
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Risks to the long-term effectiveness of new biodiversity net gain scheme
Published on:There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of a new policy to make sure developers protect or improve biodiversity
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Investigation into the management of the Libor Fund
Published on:The Government has committed £933 million from the Libor Fund, but cannot yet confirm that all the money has been used as intended.
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Local Enterprise Partnerships
Published on: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.
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Government’s spending with small and medium-sized enterprises
Published on: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.
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Local government finance in the pandemic
Published on:This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
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Dental recovery plan unlikely to deliver target of 1.5m additional treatments
Published on:The dental recovery plan, launched in February 2024, is unlikely deliver an additional 1.5 million treatments by March 2025.
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Progress combatting fraud
Published on:This study assesses the effectiveness of the government’s activity to combat fraud.
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Investigation into the implementation of IR35 tax reforms
Published on:This investigation sets out how HMRC introduced the 2017 IR35 reforms, and what lessons it has learned and taken forward.
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Home Office: Investigation into the Disclosure and Barring Service
Published on:The progress made by a programme to modernise the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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The Shareholder Executive and Public Sector Businesses
Published on:The Shareholder Executive has improved government’s performance as owner of public businesses and is already producing some real financial gains for the public sector, according to a report out today by the National Audit Office. But increasing the Executive’s powers, such as expanding its remit to cover all public sector businesses and giving it greater […]
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Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Progress report December 2011
Published on:The Olympic Delivery Authority remains on course to deliver its work on the Olympic Park successfully. But almost all of the Public Sector Funding Package is likely to be required, with little scope for unforeseen costs to emerge in the eight months left.
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Investigation into the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Published on:In December 2015 a five year contract, worth around £800 million between UnitingCare Partnership and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough clinical commissioning group collapsed after only 8 months because it ran into financial difficulties. NAO examined the design, procurement and operation of the contract and the events that led to its termination.
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Progress update: Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England
Published on: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.
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Value For Money in public sector corporate services – A joint project by the UK Public Sector Audit Agencies
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Financial institutions landscape
Published on:The government is selling assets on an unprecedented scale but, given the equally large scale of its new loans and other initiatives, the overall projected net effect is a £200m increase in borrowing.
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Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England
Published on:This report looks at the Office for Student’s responsibilities for financial regulation of higher education providers.
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Impacts from our work, 2014
Published on:This interactive publication summarises examples of ways our work has led to financial and non-financial impacts.