Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England, 2020
Published on:The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
This report sets out the challenges facing the water industry in England and assesses how Defra is tackling them.
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.
This guide helps audit and risk committee members to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on their organisations.
This study assesses the financial assumptions underlying the Ministry of Defence’s 10-year Equipment Plan.
This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
NHS.
This investigation examines the government’s response to the collapse of Thomas Cook.
This report examines the Home Office’s progress in managing a clear assurance and oversight system for police forces’ financial sustainability.
This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
This report examines the progress made in delivering the Emergency Services Network and the
implications of the 2018 reset.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.
The Pension Protection Fund, which protects private sector pensions, has delivered value for money in terms of investing efficiently and preparing adequately for the potential impact of future claims, a National Audit Office report says today. The Fund must take steps to ensure that it continues to deliver value for money in the future, particularly […]
This examines the causes of poor performance on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern network since the franchise began in September 2014, the effects on passenger services, financial outcomes for the operator and the Department, and the Department’s handling of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise.
Departments have continued to reduce their estates and government is now getting better value for money. The Government Property Unit, however, has not yet made much progress towards its more challenging objective of creating an integrated estate.
The programme to upgrade to the Thameslink routes through London has a realistic prospect of delivering value for money but there remains risks which the Department for Transport and Network Rail need to manage carefully.
The NAO has reported that the nationalisation of Northern Rock in early 2008 offered the best prospect of protecting the taxpayers’ interests and was based on a sufficiently robust analysis of the options available. However, the Treasury was stretched to deal with a crisis of this nature and there were lessons to be learned. In […]
The Emergency Services Network is one of the most technologically advanced systems worldwide and is set to replace the existing emergency services communication system, Airwave. However several risks have been highlighted.