NAO Regulation Webinar 2025: Building Trust in Markets
Published on:Read the key takeaways and watch the recording of our 2025 regulations webinar on building trust in markets.
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Using consultants in government
Published on:This guide focuses on how to maximise value, common pitfalls to avoid and questions to consider when planning and managing the use of consultants.
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Government’s use of external consultants
Published on:In this report we share lessons to help the government maximise the value it achieves from its use of consultants.
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Cyber security and resilience
Published on:Our new guide helps boards and audit committees ask the right questions to boost cyber security and resilience.
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Financial management in government: reporting for decision-making
Published on:This guide is for finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on how information can be reported to make better financial management decisions.
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Government exits and redundancies
Published on:A guide to help government departments assess how employee exits and redundancies in government are being conducted.
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Government workforce planning – audit framework
Published on:This guidance is intended to help government organisations, audit teams and others to test the quality of workforce planning in government.
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Smarter delivery – improving operational capability to provide better public services
Published on:The National Audit Office outlines the critical importance of smarter operational delivery to improve the way public services are delivered
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Disclosure guide for entities who prepare financial statements in accordance with the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)
Published on:These guides are intended for use by NAO auditors and clients, who may find them useful in the course of preparing their financial statements.
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Private finance for infrastructure
Published on:The aim of this National Audit Office report is to support public bodies as they consider how to finance new public infrastructure.
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Governance and decision‑making on mega‑projects
Published on:Government projects that are particularly costly, innovative, risky, complex and strategically significant need stronger governance.
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Managing the commercial lifecycle
Published on:This good practice guidance reflects upon findings and recommendations drawn from 200 reports concerning 300 commercial arrangements that have been published over the past 20 years.
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Overcoming challenges to managing risks in government
Published on:A guide for senior leaders and risk practitioners across government with ways to help overcome the challenges to managing risks.
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Good practice in annual reporting
Published on:This interactive guide sets out good practice principles for annual reporting with examples from public sector organisations.
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Estimating and reporting fraud and error in annual reports and accounts
Published on:We estimate that fraud and error cost the taxpayer between £55 billion to £81 billion in 2023-24. Only a fraction of this is detected and known about. To tackle this, public bodies need to know how much fraud and error they face and where it is. Our good practice guide on estimating and reporting fraud […]
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Innovation key to unlocking gains in productivity and resilience
Published on:In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, championed effective innovation as a way to tackle the ongoing challenge of rising demand for stretched public services.
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Financial management in government: monitoring and forecasting
Published on:This guide is for senior finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on monitoring and forecasting for better financial management in government. It is the fourth in a five-part series of guides, which follow the financial management lifecycle. Good financial management is critical in the public […]
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Government’s approach to technology suppliers: addressing the challenges
Published on:Government can save significant sums of time and money by improving how it engages with technology suppliers.
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Financial management in government: allocating resources
Published on:This guide is for senior finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on how to allocate resources for better financial management in government. It is the third in a five-part series of guides, which follow the financial management lifecycle. For public services to be efficient and […]
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Managing conflicts of interest: good practice
Published on:Our guide shows how government can help public bodies put in place the right measures to properly manage conflicts of interest – for the benefit of both staff and taxpayers.