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  3. Financial management in government: allocating resources

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide is for senior finance leaders in government departments and other public bodies. It sets out insights and good practice on how to allocate resources for better financial management in government. It is the third in a five-part series of guides, which follow the financial management lifecycle. For public services to be efficient and […]

  4. Financial management in government: monitoring and forecasting

    Insight Good practice guides

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    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 […]

  5. Cabinet Office functional savings

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    The Cabinet Office reports efficiency savings across shared government functions, but they could implement a more robust approach.

  8. 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.

  9. BBC savings and reform

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

  10. Efficiency in government

    Insight Lessons learned

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    This report identifies key issues government will need to consider when attempting to increase its efficiency.

  11. 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.

  12. Financial management in government: insights and good practice

    Work in progress

    Autumn 2025

    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.

  13. Government Shared Services

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    The Government has made progress delivering its latest strategy to share back-office services across Whitehall departments in the past year, but remaining barriers will need to be addressed for it to deliver its plans by 2028 and achieve value for money, according to the National Audit Office.

  14. Efficiency – who’s judging?

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    Government departments are making plans for achieving substantial efficiency savings by 2024-25, but what might this mean in practice?

  15. The Equipment Plan 2022 to 2032

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    This study examines whether the Ministry of Defence’s Equipment Plan provides a reliable assessment of the affordability of the MoD’s equipment programmes over the next ten years.

  16. Protecting consumers from unsafe products

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    This report examines the extent to which the UK’s product safety regime protects consumers from harm, focusing on the OPSS.

  17. The BBC’s strategic financial management

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    This report assesses how the BBC has positioned itself to respond to financial and strategic challenges and opportunities.

  18. Optimising the defence estate

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    This report examines the Ministry of Defence’s progress in optimising its estate and disposing of sites that are not needed.

  19. The Equipment Plan 2021 to 2031

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    This report examines whether the Ministry of Defence has managed to reduce the risks to affordability in its Equipment Plan.

  20. The Equipment Plan 2020-2030

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    This report reviews the robustness of assumptions underpinning the Ministry of Defence’s 2020–2030 Equipment Plan.