Funding and structures for local economic growth
Published on:It has not yet been demonstrated that funding mechanisms for supporting local economic growth are capable of delivering value for money.
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House of Commons Speaker’s Committee – Reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General
Published on:A report from the pages of the House of Commons Speakers Committee. The Committee’s report presents two pieces of work by the National Audit Office covering the Electoral Commission and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
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Tackling problem debt
Published on:This report aims to evaluate and conclude on HM Treasury’s overall approach to over-indebtedness.
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Council Tax Support
Published on:Not all local authorities’ Council Tax support scheme will achieve the objectives outlined by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
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Central government’s communication and engagement with local government
Published on:Central government needs to have better engagement with local government, particularly as more services are devolved.
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Cloud services: asking the right questions
Published on:Cloud services’ can bring cost and performance benefits. But they can also bring new challenges and risks. To help leaders oversee decision-making and implementation of cloud services, we recently published ‘Guidance for audit committees on cloud services’. The magazine, Public Sector Executive, invited us to outline the issues in the article The National Audit Office’s guide […]
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Alternative asylum accommodation will cost more than hotels
Published on:Government’s plans for asylum accommodation will cost more than using hotels, and large sites are housing fewer people than planned.
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Police accountability: Landscape review
Published on:The new policing oversight framework has been in place for a year but already there are gaps in the system with the potential to undermine accountability both to the Home Office and the public.
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Reducing modern slavery
Published on:Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.
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PFI in housing
Published on:The use of PFI by local authorities to improve housing, usually in areas with a high need for housing and where stock condition is particularly poor, has had a measure of success. However, risks to value for money of the programme have not been managed.
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Maintaining strategic infrastructure: roads
Published on:The lack of predictability of funding for highways authorities has practical implications for road networks and may lead to increased costs in the long term.
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Short Guides to Departments
Published on:The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees. Each guide summarizes what the department does, how much it costs, recent and planned changes, and what the relevant Committee might look out for across the department’s main business areas and services. Each guide is an interactive document.
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Outcome-based payment schemes: government’s use of payment by results
Published on:Payment by results (PbR) schemes are hard to get right, and are risky and costly for commissioners. Credible evidence for claimed benefits of PbR is now needed.
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Rolling out Universal Credit
Published on:In this report, we assess the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit.
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Progress report on the Regional Growth Fund
Published on:Improvements have been made to the running of the Regional Growth Fund, but there is still a significant amount of public money to allocate through the Fund.
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Government’s management of legal aid
Published on:The Ministry of Justice does not know whether everyone eligible for legal aid can access it and government needs to do more to ensure the sustainability of the legal aid market if it is to achieve value for money.
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Investigation into the East West Rail project (Oxford – Cambridge)
Published on: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.
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Investigation into the Homes for Ukraine scheme
Published on:The British public’s generosity enabled the government to move at speed to temporarily support 131,000 Ukrainians seeking refuge from war.
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Local government in 2019: a pivotal year
Published on:2019 will be a pivotal year for local government in England. Numerous difficult and open-ended questions need rapid resolution, at a time when government focus and capacity is directed elsewhere. Drawing on a number of our recent reports, here I explore some of the challenges facing the sector, from budget cuts and growing social care […]
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Review: The NAO’s work on local delivery
Published on:This briefing draws out findings from 46 NAO reports since 2008-09 that are relevant to local delivery. It communicates the wide range of work we have undertaken and the main lessons that have arisen from it.