Our cloud guidance for audit committees builds on our 2019 guidance. We have seen more of the public sector turn to cloud services and government spending with the major cloud providers has increased in the last five years. We have updated our guidance to reflect this and to recognise wider developments and evolution of cloud services.
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.
The Government has made progress delivering its latest strategy to share back-office services across Whitehall departments in the past year, but remaining barriers will need to be addressed for it to deliver its plans by 2028 and achieve value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
Although government provides billions in tax reliefs each year to encourage growth, it does not monitor or evaluate them closely enough.
The government should use the two-year pause on new construction work at HS2 Euston to develop a design that is affordable, deliverable and value for money, according to a new National Audit Office report.
Our report found that the New Hospital Programme (NHP) has experienced delays and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030.
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that contingent risks he and the Public Accounts Committee had identified following British Energy’s privatisation had materialised. The Department for Trade and Industry had clearly recognised the risks to the taxpayer arising from the nuclear liabilities of British Energy. However, while the Company appeared […]
This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
We brought together experts on regulation and Britain’s relationship with Europe to discuss the issues facing regulators following the UK’s exit from the EU.
This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
This report describes the Home Office’s progress on delivering the Emergency Services Network programme, and sets out the main risks it faces.
Most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources.
This report examines whether Defra is well placed to redevelop the UK’s primary site for managing threats from animal diseases.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
This report looks at the set-up of the UK infrastructure Bank, including HM Treasury’s planning before launch.
This investigation sets out how HMRC introduced the 2017 IR35 reforms, and what lessons it has learned and taken forward.
The Digital Services Tax has raised more revenue than forecast by the Government and increased the amount of UK tax paid by big digital companies. HMRC’s compliance work is ongoing and it has yet to identify any non-compliance among business groups, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.
This report examines whether government has an effective approach to enhancing workforce skills.