UK chief auditor ‘open to learning’ from Musk

Gareth Davies said NHS demand was ‘outstripping the capacity of the country to fund it in the current way’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

The UK’s chief auditor has said he is open to learning from Elon Musk’s US “department of government efficiency”, as he gave a speech warning that the NHS and special educational needs funding systems are becoming unsustainable.

Gareth Davies, who leads parliament’s National Audit Office (NAO), said his organisation was looking at international comparisons as it examined spending in Whitehall departments.