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  1. Government has increased its climate change ambition, now it must step up to the challenge

    Insight Opinion

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    Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions will be a colossal challenge for the UK and one that will require all parts of government to work together. The NAO has audited numerous cross-government projects and programmes in the past, ranging from the 2012 Olympics to preparations for EU Exit. This experience has given us a deep […]

  2. Whole of Government Accounts 2018-19

    Report Financial audit

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    Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Whole of Government Accounts 2018-2019.

  3. Achieving net zero

    Report Value for money

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    This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.

  4. NAO Strategy 2025-2030 | Trust, Value, Impact

    Corporate information

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    Over the next five years the NAO will continue to play a critical role supporting Parliament scrutinise how effectively government spends public money.

  5. Spending Review 2015

    Report Value for money

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    There have been improvements in the way government plans and manages public sector activity, but the NAO does not consider that there exists a coherent, enduring framework for planning and management.

    This report is published alongside ‘Government’s management of its performance: progress with single departmental plans’.

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

    Insight Opinion

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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 […]

  7. British Business Bank

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines whether the British Business Bank is improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises.

  8. NAO Interactive Data Visualisation on PFI contract expiry – survey results

    Report Interactive visualisation

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    Last updated – 28 May 2020 Introduction to the topic This online publication provides results of a survey we conducted with public sector authorities (authorities) and which forms part of the evidence base of the NAO’s report on Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end. This report provides information on how public authorities manage […]

  9. Our history

    The National Audit Office has existed in its present form since 1983. A public audit function for central government within the UK has a much longer history.

  10. 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, […]