All National Audit Office articles
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NewsConservatives handed over ‘fictional’ timeline for New Hospital Programme, says new government
Health secretary admits 40 hospitals will not be built by 2030 as originally planned
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NewsInfrastructure authority needs power to refer failing projects to NAO, says Lords committee
Recommendations follow short inquiry into infrastructure policymaking and delivery
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NewsHospital building delays putting patients at risk, NHS trust bosses claim
Health leaders seek certainty on future of government’s new hospital programme
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NewsCrossrail still needs millions more to finish the job, spending watchdog finds
Bond Street station now costing £660m – after originally being budgeted at £111m
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FeaturesCrossrail’s spiralling budget in graphs and charts
Take a look at the cost drivers and timelines of delays
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NewsGovernment slammed over £1.35bn cost increase on MoD nuclear jobs
National Audit Office takes ministry to task over huge overruns on nuclear submarine schemes
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NewsCrossrail programme ‘a failure’, admits scheme’s boss
Mark Wild also tells MPs he was “surprised by the lack of completion” at the stations when he took top job
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NewsMore grillings coming the way of Crossrail bosses
Public Accounts Committee set to get its chance after last week’s news scheme won’t open until March 2021
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NewsHousing department told to get a grip on planning system failings
National Audit Office says staff shortages and ‘flawed’ needs assessments are a barrier to ramping up housing delivery
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NewsPublic sector watchdog confirms probe into Crossrail
The NAO is set to begin an investigation into the cause of the £16bn scheme’s delay early next year
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NewsKhan raises ‘significant concerns’ about how Crossrail is being run
Mayor of London says scheme’s executives have not been transparent as NAO investigation looms
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NewsGovernment 'needs better data' over infrastructure investment, says NAO
Report published today suggests Infrastructure Projects Authority should better measure benefits of projects
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NewsPwC latest Big Four firm questioned over Carillion conflict of interest
EY’s simultaneous involvement with government and collapsed contractor was queried last month
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NewsInquiry MPs say Carillion accounts ‘hoodwinked the government’
The chairs of the inquiry into Carillion’s collapse have responded to the National Audit Office’s investigation
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NewsCarillion liquidation set to cost the taxpayer £148m, says National Audit Office
Public spending watchdog says it could take years to know final cost