In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said a renewed government focus on the fundamentals of good financial management is needed to maintain trust and accountability for taxpayers.
This interactive guide sets out good practice principles for annual reporting with examples from public sector organisations.
This NAO report details insights and lessons from 2024-25’s audits across major government departments and other organisations.
Read the key takeaways and watch the recording of our 2025 regulations webinar on building trust in markets.
In this report we share lessons to help the government maximise the value it achieves from its use of consultants.
This guide focuses on how to maximise value, common pitfalls to avoid and questions to consider when planning and managing the use of consultants.
Our new guide helps boards and audit committees ask the right questions to boost cyber security and resilience.
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.
A guide to help government departments assess how employee exits and redundancies in government are being conducted.
This guidance is intended to help government organisations, audit teams and others to test the quality of workforce planning in government.
This series of good practice guides is aimed at senior finance leaders within central government.
The National Audit Office outlines the critical importance of smarter operational delivery to improve the way public services are delivered
These guides are intended for use by NAO auditors and clients, who may find them useful in the course of preparing their financial statements.
The aim of this National Audit Office report is to support public bodies as they consider how to finance new public infrastructure.
Government projects that are particularly costly, innovative, risky, complex and strategically significant need stronger governance.
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.
A guide for senior leaders and risk practitioners across government with ways to help overcome the challenges to managing risks.
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 […]
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.
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 […]