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.
This report builds on our previous work and takes stock of the Ministry of Justice’s Transforming Rehabilitation reforms
An investigation into Verify, the government’s identity verification platform. It examines its performance, costs and benefits.
This report examines MHCLG’s addressing of recommendations relating to the governance, transparency and value for money of Local Enterprise Partnerships.
This report examines how effectively Ofgem has used electricity network price controls to protect consumers and achieve government’s environmental goals.
This report looks at how DESNZ is set up for power sector decarbonisation while maintaining security of electricity supply and affordability.
Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable
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 […]
We’re excited to announce that Catherine Hope-MacLellan has joined us as our new Chief People Officer.
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.
Outlining cloud services and their use in government, this guide suggests questions to ask at planning, implementation and management stages.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.
I last posted to this blog in late April as the country was in the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining how we were maintaining our operations and adjusting our work programme in the light of the government response to the virus. Now, in late July, most of the UK is gradually emerging from lockdown […]
This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
NHS.
Significant annual savings worth tens of billions of pounds are available through improving public sector productivity, the head of the NAO will say.
This report considers the value for money of the sale of student loans that entered repayment between 2002 & 2006.
With Parliament returning yesterday, I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the last few extraordinary weeks and set out what it means for the National Audit Office and its work. Firstly though, on behalf of the whole NAO, I would like to pay tribute to everyone who is working so hard to see […]
This investigation examines issues related to individuals the BBC hires as freelancers, particularly those hired through personal service companies.
This report sets out the landscape of oil and gas decommissioning.
Fiscal pressure on government departments is set to continue through the next Parliament, with citizen expectations continuing to rise. With the ‘more for less’ challenge continuing indefinitely and an increasingly complex public sector landscape, a strong and integrated finance function across government is crucial.