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  1. The NHS nursing workforce

    Report Value for money

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    This report sets out the facts on the scale of the NHS nursing workforce challenge.

  2. Department for Business and Trade 2024-25

    Overview Departmental overview

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    The Department for Business and Trade is a department for economic growth. In 2024-25, DBT spent a total of £2.15 billion (including financing) in net expenditure.

  3. Increasing construction skills

    Work in progress

    Summer 2026

    This study will look at whether government is well-placed to secure value for money in delivering the construction skills required by employers.

  4. Reforming the civilian workforce

    Report Value for money

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    This report assesses the Ministry of Defence’s approach to reducing and reforming its civilian workforce.

  7. The BBC World Service’s savings programme

    Report Value for money

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    This NAO report assesses the World Service’s progress with implementing its savings programmes, and the impact on its performance.

  8. Supporting people to work through jobcentres

    Report Value for money

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    DWP has reduced the level of support it offers to Universal Credit claimants due to a shortage of available work coaches at jobcentres.

  11. Managing the BBC’s workforce

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    The BBC’s approach to managing its workforce shows definite progress. It will need to monitor workforce changes carefully to build on the recent progress it has made.

  12. Retaining and developing the teaching workforce

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    Schools, especially secondary schools, face real challenges in retaining and developing their teachers. National data suggest progress but mask significant local variation.

  14. Progress in improving mental health services in England

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    Despite funding and staffing levels for mental health services increasing, and more patients being treated, millions of people with mental health needs are still not accessing services, with some facing lengthy waits for treatment, according to a new National Audit Office report.

  16. Step change needed in government financial management

    Insight Opinion

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    In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said a renewed government focus on the fundamentals of good financial management is needed to maintain trust and accountability for taxpayers.

  17. Access to unplanned or urgent care

    Report Value for money

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    A National Audit Office (NAO) report assessing the government’s approach to improving urgent and emergency care services in England.

  18. Investigation into the East West Rail project (Oxford – Cambridge)

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    Government needs to ensure its growth plans for Cambridge are aligned with its £6-7bn investment in a new regional railway (East West Rail, Oxford to Cambridge), so it can maximise the economic benefits of the line, a new report by the National Audit Office says.

  19. The NHS at 75: what have decades of NAO audits told us?

    Insight Opinion

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    Senior Audit Manager Natalie Low gives an NAO perspective on the NHS as it turns 75. What has many decades of the NAO auditing one of the largest employers in the world revealed?

  20. Use of artificial intelligence in government

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    AI presents the government with opportunities to transform public services potentially delivering billions of pounds in productivity savings.