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  2. Competition in public procurement: lessons learned

    Insight Lessons learned

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    This report examines whether government has mechanisms in place to understand and encourage competition in public procurement, and how government departments can make their use of competition more effective.

  4. Managing government borrowing

    Report Value for money

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    The environment for government borrowing has become more challenging in recent years – requiring sustained focus from government.

  7. Guide to corporate finance in the public sector

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide addresses the complex topic of corporate finance in the public sector and includes key questions to ask when scrutinising corporate finance activities.

  12. Efficiency savings require learning past lessons

    Insight Opinion

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    Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, outlines lessons from NAO reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament.

  13. Making public money work harder

    Insight Lessons learned

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    We have used our insights to highlight the biggest opportunities for spending public money more efficiently and effectively.

  16. Capability is for contract life, not just for procurement

    Insight Opinion

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    The NAO’s work includes looking at a huge range of government activities, and the setting up and managing of commercial arrangements are central to many of them. This became very clear when looking back at twenty years of our work auditing government’s spending and reporting on its value for money for taxpayers. Over this time, […]

  18. BBC savings and reform

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the BBC’s progress in delivering its savings and reform programme.

  19. Commercial strategy needs to be joined up to achieve best value

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    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 […]