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UK has 'long way to go' to build purely electric car market, spending watchdog warns
UK has 'long way to go' to build purely electric car market, spending watchdog warns

National Audit Office calls for long-term, joined-up strategy from the government to ensure every car on the road produces zero emissions by 2050

  • Automotive
  • 26 February 2021
Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals
Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals

National Audit Office urges government to start measuring impacts of environmental taxes more closely in order to give Parliament a better idea of the role tax can play in meeting green goals

  • Taxation
  • 12 February 2021
'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy
'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy

National Audit Office calls for greater clarity for how responsibility and roles of net zero will be divided across government and different public bodies

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  • 04 December 2020
England flood protection plans 'lack clarity' in key areas, watchdog warns
England flood protection plans 'lack clarity' in key areas, watchdog warns

Environment Agency on track to meet flood protection defence targets, but many gaps in data remain, says NAO

  • Risk
  • 26 November 2020
Defra lacking clear plan for meeting environmental goals, watchdog warns
Defra lacking clear plan for meeting environmental goals, watchdog warns

National Audit Office report urges government to shore-up its plans to protect and enhance the environment

  • Policy
  • 11 November 2020
Taps risk running dry within 20 years in parts of England, government warned
Taps risk running dry within 20 years in parts of England, government warned

Government's spending watchdog warns climate change could devastate water supplies in parts of England unless urgent action taken to reduce demand

  • Policy
  • 25 March 2020
NAO: Electricity network must curb decarbonisation costs

National Audit Office calls for stricter price controls to ensure UK electricity networks transition to zero carbon more cheaply

  • Energy
  • 30 January 2020
We're marching into a smart meter mess
We're marching into a smart meter mess

There's little chance the government will meet its 2020 smart meter deadline, but less still it will publicly admit defeat, says Labour's Alan Whitehead

  • Politics
  • 30 August 2019
Funding plans threaten independence of post-Brexit green watchdog, National Audit Office warns
Funding plans threaten independence of post-Brexit green watchdog, National Audit Office warns

Watchdog raises concerns over government plans to fund proposed Office for Environmental Protection through Defra

  • Policy
  • 17 January 2019
Give up on the 2020 target for smart meters, NAO tells government
Give up on the 2020 target for smart meters, NAO tells government

Damning report suggests government's flagship smart energy programme will run over time and over budget

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  • 23 November 2018
'An historic moment': Agriculture Bill promises to reward farmers who protect environment
'An historic moment': Agriculture Bill promises to reward farmers who protect environment

Michael Gove declares new legislation underscores opportunity to deliver a "Green Brexit"

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  • 12 September 2018
'Not sufficiently robust': Public spending watchdog warns of packaging recycling fraud risk
'Not sufficiently robust': Public spending watchdog warns of packaging recycling fraud risk

National Audit Office warns potential fraud and errors could be undermining the UK's packing recycling figures

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  • 23 July 2018
National Audit Office: 'Novel' RHI scheme has not delivered value for money
National Audit Office: 'Novel' RHI scheme has not delivered value for money

Government does not have reliable estimate of overpayments to RHI participants, warns watchdog

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