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  3. Local authority governance

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    Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable

  5. Adult social care at a glance

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    This overview updates our report ‘Adult social care in England: an overview (2014)’, highlighting key trends, developments and system pressures.

  6. The health and social care interface

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    This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.

  7. A Short Guide to Local Authorities

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    The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.

  9. Progress in setting up combined authorities

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    For combined authorities to deliver real progress they will need to demonstrate that they can drive economic growth and contribute to public sector reform.

  11. Overview: Local government

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    This Overview looks at the local government landscape during the last financial year and summarises both matters of likely interest to Parliament as well as our work with local authorities. The NAO prepares statutory guidance on how local auditors should meet their responsibilities.

  12. Housing in England: overview

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    The need for housing in England has in recent years grown faster than its supply, and housebuilding needs to increase across the country.

  13. The Troubled Families programme: update

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    This report is a factual update to support the Committee of Public Accounts’ evidence session on the government’s Troubled Families programme on 19 October 2016. It is based primarily on published sources, information supplied by the Department for Communities and Local Government and previous reports published by the National Audit Office.

  15. Local public service reform

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    This document summarises the findings of our work and identifies sources of help that may be useful to local areas and government departments supporting local public service reform.

  16. Health and social care integration

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    The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.

  18. Children in need of help or protection

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    The Department for Education recognised since 2010 that child protection services are not good enough but its subsequent response has not yet resulted in better outcomes. Spending on children’s social work, including on child protection, varies widely across England and is not related to quality. Neither the DfE nor authorities understand why spending varies.

  19. The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement programme

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    UK Government says it is on track to meet target to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020. Local authorities’ ability to secure suitable school places and houses a risk to success. NAO estimate programme will cost £1.12bn by 2020.

  20. Personalised commissioning in adult social care

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    The Department of Health now needs to gain a better understanding of the different ways to commission personalised services for users, and how these lead to improvements in user outcomes.