The Latest Breaking News from NAO

Numbers of children in custody set to double by 2024

The opening of a new secure school has been delayed by three years.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Fight against fly-tipping and illegal waste being hampered by landfill tax and lack of data, says report

UK Government 'does not have the data it needs to assess the scale of waste crime'

Wales Online · Apr 27, 2022

Landfill tax rises boosting fly-tipping, says spending watchdog

National Audit Office says tax has increased amount of money criminals can make from waste crime

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022

Spending watchdog warns £2.7 billion at risk from government PPE contracts

Chair of public accounts committee says government must ‘get a grip’ of PPE stocks and contracts

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

1.5bn unused PPE items in England have passed expiry date, says audit office

Report says health department has paid £737m for storage, with 3.6bn items considered unsuitable for frontline use

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

Warnings over challenges facing Government plan to hire 20,000 police officers

The Home Office expects to spend £3.6 billion on the recruitment programme up to March 2023.

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022

Matt Hancock failed to disclose messages with Owen Paterson over Covid contracts

Health department did not keep full records of meetings with healthcare firm Paterson lobbied for, NAO finds

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2022

'Inadequate' records kept of £700m worth of Covid deals for firm linked to Tory MP

The NAO found ministers attended eight meetings with testing firm Randox - twice as many as previously disclosed - but kept minutes for just two

Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2022

No big British defence project is on time and on budget, as PM heads to NATO

A study by Whitehall spending watchdog the National Audit Office has revealed none of the Ministry of Defence's programmes in the £166.6bn Major Projects Portfolio has the coveted "green" rating

Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2022

British Steel pension savers suffer losses, new report reveals

Many have not been fully compensated having opted to transfer out of original scheme after being given unsuitable advice by third parties

Birmingham Post · Mar 18, 2022