The National Audit Office has said utility regulators should do more to support a rising tide of consumers facing energy debt, after it was found that millions of people are missing out on support...
A national fall in primary school pupil numbers is creating financial risks for schools and could impact educational quality, a report from the National Audit Office has warned.
The government should do more to ensure its compensation schemes reach as many eligible claimants as possible, despite efforts to make the claims process easier, the UK’s spending watchdog has said.
The government has come under fire for its decision to avert the closure of British Steel’s Scunthorpe site after it emerged that the Department for Business and Trade intervened without a clear exit...
The lack of governance arrangements between national and local stakeholders risks derailing the government’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme, the National Audit Office has warned.
Director at the NAO Steven Corbishley discusses the watchdog’s good practice guide on annual reporting, highlighting the principles he says form the foundation of high-quality and timely reports.
Following the National Audit Office’s release of its final guide in its good practice series on financial management in government, Chris Coyne sets out why reporting is crucial for informed decision...
The National Audit Office has hailed progress made in addressing delays to the publication of government accounts since the pandemic but warned there is more to do to secure timely and robust...
The Bank of England delivered a major modernisation project earlier this year. Areti Poleni, senior analyst at the National Audit Office, explains what other public sector organisations can learn...
Councils are struggling to meet their legal duty to provide home-to-school transport in the face of mounting pressures which have seen budgets overspent by over £400m.
High-value civil service exit packages should be scrutinised by the Treasury to make sure they represent value for money, the National Audit Office has warned.
The government’s drive for efficiency savings is being hampered by poor quality data and a dependence on clunky, outdated systems, according to the National Audit Office.
The lack of audited English council accounts has caused the head of the National Audit Office to disclaim his opinion on the Whole of Government Accounts for the second successive year.
The government is missing out on billions of pounds of savings a year by failing to exploit the potential of data analytics to tackle fraud and error, according to a new study.
The operational capability of those responsible for delivering frontline government services is “varied and often lacking in what matters most”, according to a report from the National Audit...
Senior civil servants might be deliberately undermining vital fraud detection work in an attempt to protect their organisation’s reputation, according to counter-fraud workers.
A shortfall in digital and procurement expertise across government has led to taxpayers’ money being wasted and progress on transformation losing pace, according to the National Audit Office.
The UK spending watchdog has raised concerns about the Government Property Agency’s accounting, leading to it qualifying its opinion on the Cabinet Office’s accounts for 2023-24.
