Universal credit row: DWP official has 'full confidence' in NAO

Permanent secretary says DWP has good relationship with National Audit Office despite watchdog’s critical reportThe top government official overseeing universal credit has told MPs he has full confidence in the National Audit Office (NAO), the public spending watchdog that recently published a savagely critical report into the welfare benefit.Since it was published in June, current and former ministers have sought to undermine the report, which concluded that universal credit failed to del