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Financial sustainability

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This is a sub-topic of Commercial and financial management

Latest work

Investigation into the government’s intervention in British Steel’s Scunthorpe site

Published on: 16 Mar 2026

Report Value for money

Business and industry

Investigation into the financial sustainability of the British Council

Summer 2026

Work in progress

Commercial and financial management

Financial management in government: reporting for decision-making

Published on: 30 Sep 2025

Insight Good practice guides

Commercial and financial management

Financial management in government: monitoring and forecasting

Published on: 21 Jan 2025

Insight Good practice guides

Commercial and financial management

Financial management in government: allocating resources

Published on: 10 Dec 2024

Insight Good practice guides

Commercial and financial management

Graphic illustration of colleagues in discussion around charts

NHS financial management and sustainability 2024

Published on: 23 Jul 2024

Report Value for money

NHS

Managing government borrowing

Published on: 5 Jul 2023

Report Value for money

Commercial and financial management

The Equipment Plan 2022 to 2032

Published on: 29 Nov 2022

Report Value for money

Defence and national security

Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England

Published on: 9 Mar 2022

Report Value for money

Education, training and skills

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