Workforce challenges drive up agency costs at National Autistic Society

Recruitment and retention challenges drove rising expenditure at the National Autistic Society, as agency staff costs grew 29%. Its financial results showed the workforce accounted for 72.4% of its overall costs, a slight rise from 72.1% in 2021. The charity, which employed an average of 2,527 staff last year (2021: 2,706), saw gross wages and…