Government is taking longer than it should to appoint non-executive directors (NED) to public positions, and these delays can leave gaps on boards, creating risks to governance, and reducing the number of high-quality candidates.
Although government provides billions in tax reliefs each year to encourage growth, it does not monitor or evaluate them closely enough.
The NAO has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Government has provided more than £20 billion of support to biomass businesses, but it can’t yet demonstrate the technology is sustainable.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.
Significant annual savings worth tens of billions of pounds are available through improving public sector productivity, the head of the NAO will say.
The NHS is not making the most of its spending power to save money in purchasing medical equipment and consumables.
Whistleblowing arrangements in government require further improvement with slow and inconsistent progress being made by departments and other civil service bodies, a new National Audit Office (NAO) report says.
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.
The Financial Conduct Authority is making significant changes in response to its new responsibilities and past regulatory failures, but it needs to manage the related risks if it’s to meet its commitments, including reducing and preventing financial crime, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.
The government is underprepared for extreme weather events, such as severe floods, which have the potential to cause significant disruption, a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) says.
The Ministry of Defence’s Equipment Plan for the next decade is unaffordable and it is facing the largest budget deficit since the Plan was first published in 2012, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.
Government has opportunities to improve the efficient management of its workforce, including on recruitment, pay and performance management.
The BBC has made progress transferring commissioning, production and journalism outside London, according to a new National Audit Office report.
Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.
Government has delayed plans to cap lifetime social care costs and scaled back plans for reforming the system it set out in December 2021.
The Cabinet Office has reported efficiency savings across shared government functions, but there are opportunities to implement a more robust approach, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
The government’s 2021 drugs strategy has provided fresh impetus to the efforts to tackle harm to society from illegal drugs, but it will need to address uncertainties about future funding, gaps in the evidence base and a lack of focus on prevention, if it is to achieve its objectives, according to a National Audit Office report.
The British public’s generosity enabled the government to move at speed to temporarily support 131,000 Ukrainians seeking refuge from war.
Achieving net zero by 2050 in the UK will require co-ordinated action by the UK and devolved governments, due to different challenges faced.