Very grateful to the many expert stakeholders who shared their insights with us during the course of this work on the condition of local roads, including The AA, AIA, ADEPT, AtkinsRéalis CIHT @CIPFA County Councils Network LCRIG (Local Council Roads Innovation Group) Local Government Association (LGA) Sustrans The RAC

Our latest National Audit Office report on Homelessness published today. Homelessness has reached record levels and we recommend a cross-departmental approach is taken to tackling it, along with a long-term strategy and associated public targets. nao.org.uk/reports/the-ef…

Our work saves public money. Through our work looking into the value for money of government spending we make recommendations. This is at the heart of what we do. Read about our impact in our just published annual report and accounts. nao.org.uk/corporate-info…

🚗 CHART OF THE WEEK: This week we’ve been looking at the National Audit Office’s new report into the condition and maintenance of local roads across England. 🛣️ The local road network in England consists of 183,000 miles of road, making up 98% of the total road network. 🌍

Our recent VFM report flagged HS2 Ltd would recognise accounting losses relating to cancellation of Phase 2 in its 2023-24 annual report & accounts Now published - you can read the National Audit Office report from our audit of the financial statements from pg.65 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a7519a…

🚧🚗 📉 poor data 💰 funding 🔎 limited evaluation All of these contribute to the declining condition of local roads in England. Report director Jonny Mood talks through the steps government needs to take to improve local roads. Read: nao.org.uk/reports/the-co…

Looking forward to speaking at this event on 20 August I'll be talking about National Audit Office work on strategic road network, and lessons so far from the road investment strategies looking ahead to RIS3

In Oct 2023, government cancelled Phase 2 of HS2 citing rising costs, delays & changing travel patterns since COVID-19. Department for Transport & HS2 Ltd must properly reset the programme to avoid repeating past failures & to maximise value. Watch 👇🚄 Report: nao.org.uk/reports/hs2-up…

If you missed our recent National Audit Office report on HS2 following the cancellation of Phase 2 the short video below will catch you up Read the full report at nao.org.uk/reports/hs2-up…

Really enjoyed chairing at this event, as well as having the opportunity to speak about recent National Audit Office work Really interesting themes emerging from discussion on benefits, financing, leadership and better use of data

This new National Audit Office report distils some of the most important messages from our work, focused on those elements of public spending where we see most scope for improvement in efficiency and effectiveness Link below nao.org.uk/insights/makin…

A really important issue - one that we will be picking up in our forthcoming National Audit Office work on progress with the electric vehicle infrastructure strategy nao.org.uk/work-in-progre…

“However daunting the investment challenges are, it’s always possible to get more out of what you’re currently spending.” NAO head Gareth Davies talks to Will Dunn in The New Statesman on how to make public money work harder 👇 newstatesman.com/the-weekend-in…

Our latest National Audit Office investigation looks at military support for Ukraine £7.8bn has been provided in military support and over 42,000 troops trained by the British Army Tom McDonald explains what he found 👇

Our recent National Audit Office work on Active Travel in England found similar issues to those reported today by Audit Wales / Archwilio Cymru looking at active travel in Wales (great work by Adrian Crompton and his team). They also point to opportunities to learn from Active Travel England

If you are looking for a new role, want to support Parliament scrutinise the work of government, and help improve public services, this is a great opportunity to join National Audit Office in Newcastle (or London) in our VFM/performance audit teams 👇