Revenue & Customs loses an estimated £16bn each year due to tax evasion and fraud through the hidden economy and criminal attacks, according to a National Audit Office report today.
The electronic system intended to improve the management of the UK’s borders has not delivered value for money following spending of more than £830m over 12 years, the auditor general has concluded.
The government’s £757.1m sale of its stake in cross-Channel rail operator Eurostar did not cover the costs of public sector investment in the company and was driven by a desire to sell prior to the...
The Care Quality Commission has tackled many of the weaknesses that sparked serious criticisms of the organisation, the National Audit Office has stated, but it still needs to do more to demonstrate...
Auditor general Amyas Morse has qualified his opinion on the 2014/15 resource accounts of Revenue and Customs due to error and fraud in the payment of tax credits.
The Department for Work and Pensions 2014/15 accounts have been qualified once again because of “unacceptably” high levels of fraud and error in benefit expenditure, the National Audit Office said.
A National Audit Office report on open-book accounting creates the opportunity to develop new measures for greater transparency and accountability for outsourced public services
An IT project designed to extract data from GP practice computers came in three times over budget and almost four years late, a National Audit Office investigation has found.
Government disposal of public land for new homes was “slower than expected”, but still met the target to release enough sites to build up to 100,000 new dwellings by the end of 2014/15,...
The current system for dealing with complaints about public services is not effective and the government should create a central authority to ensure information is used to improve services, auditors...
Auditors have revealed that the government has not undertaken any reviews of the impact of new burdens on local authorities since 2009, despite a pledge by ministers to conduct at least six a year.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has set out plans to increase the transparency of government outsourcing contracts by introducing a presumption in favour of disclosing information, including...
The National Audit Office has published the Code of Audit Practice for local public bodies, which includes a duty for auditors to consider how best to gain assurance over pooled spending initiatives.
The Treasury’s Financial Management Review recommendations, scheduled to be implemented in the autumn, have been pushed back because ‘plans have gone beyond the initially stated aims...
Removing the ring-fence from the local government public health grant could harm Public Health England’s ability to influence outcomes, the National Audit Office has warned.
The Audit Commission’s controller of audit has raised concerns about transparency at Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority and the London Borough of Lambeth after they failed to publish their 2013/14...
Auditors today said they are not yet able to judge if the government’s flagship Universal Credit reform to the welfare system will achieve value for money.
The NHS is in a financially unsustainable position following a deterioration over the last two financial years, the National Audit Office has concluded.
Local government and NHS bodies could save as much as £440m if Whitehall extends Audit Commission contracts for local auditor services to 2020, the watchdog has said.
The Local Government Association has formed a new company to oversee outsourced local audit contracts once the Audit Commission is abolished next March.