The Financial and Risk Management insights team are producing a series of guides aimed at senior finance decision-makers across all of our audited bodies. Our guides will showcase strategic-level insights outlining areas where good financial management can unlock greater efficiency and resilience, as well as practical ways organisations can make improvements.
This report examines government’s progress with its programme of trade negotiations since the UK’s departure from the EU.
This investigation covers a single, major cause of underpayment error in ESA. This error relates to people whose existing benefit claim was converted to ESA and who were entitled to income-related ESA but were only awarded contribution-based ESA.
This guide addresses the complex topic of corporate finance in the public sector and includes key questions to ask when scrutinising corporate finance activities.
BEIS worked quickly to introduce financial support for rising energy bills (currently estimated at £69bn), recognising it had to make compromises.
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2017-18 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs. His report focuses on tax revenue; Personal Tax Credits and Child Benefit error and fraud; and HMRC’s digital transformation programme.
This study will assess whether the Department and Network Rail’s are in a position to deliver the Transpennine Route Upgrade successfully.
The Ministry of Justice does not know whether everyone eligible for legal aid can access it and government needs to do more to ensure the sustainability of the legal aid market if it is to achieve value for money.
Last December, the government published a Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement. It stressed that investments should be subject to consideration of the public good, including supporting national priorities. It discussed leveraging commercial activity to achieve social and environmental value. For our good practice guidance for managing the commercial lifecycle, we examined similar opportunities and […]
Our report assesses government’s progress in tackling unnecessary waste, and concludes it lacks effective long-term plans.
The government recently published its new Cyber Security Strategy specifically aimed at building a cyber resilient public sector. Resilience is key in underpinning its vision to make the UK a cyber power in a world increasingly shaped by technologies that offer many benefits but also pose risks. The strategy reiterates that government remains an attractive […]
This report examines the Department for International Trade’s strategy for supporting investment into the UK.
This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
This report examines whether the Home Office is well placed to deliver value for money from the Police Uplift Programme.
The government should use the two-year pause on new construction work at HS2 Euston to develop a design that is affordable, deliverable and value for money, according to a new National Audit Office report.
This investigation examines the British Steel Pension Scheme.
This report examines whether DCMS and Sport England have achieved value for money for spending on sport and physical activity.
The C&AG has reported on the 2020-21 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Overseas Superannuation Accounts.
If the government wants to modernise, it must start with its data – but addressing the government’s data issues isn’t easy.
This report makes recommendations for Crossrail Ltd and the programme sponsors as Crossrail nears completion.