national audit office

Constraints on capacity, including lack of finance, staff and beds, is linked with the decline in waiting times performance, says the National Audit Office.

The UK has one of the world’s leading digital economies, making it more vulnerable to cyber-attacks from hostile countries, criminal gangs and individuals, which continue to increase and evolve as it becomes easier and cheaper to launch attacks.

The Ministry of Defence has made little progress in reforming its civilian workforce, the National Audit Office finds.

Verify is the government’s flagship identity verification portal, but only 38 per cent of Universal Credit claimants who try can successfully verify their identity online.