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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · 15d

What is on Parliament's mind when in comes to how public money is being spent? How can it be spent better? What challenges need greater focus?

A good guide is the PACs annual report covering their 5 key issues and what government needs to do in response
committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · 16d

Our latest @nao.org.uk report sets out the issues in the design and set-up of the government’s energy efficiency scheme for homes. Failures in consumer protection and quality assurance led to widespread issues with the quality of installations and suspected fraud

National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · 16d

A government-backed energy efficiency scheme is failing homes due to weak controls and oversight. This has left tens of thousands of households needing repair work to fix faulty installations that are causing damp and mould damage.

Our report ⬇️
www.nao.org.uk/reports/ener...

Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation - NAO report

Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme, affecting tens of thousands of households.

www.nao.org.uk

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Sep 15

Key reading for anyone working in government finance 👇
www.nao.org.uk/reports/impr...

@nao.org.uk on 'improving government's productivity through better cost information'. We point to techniques and approaches that can be used to better understanding cost drivers and where to target cost savings

Improving government's productivity through better cost information - NAO report

Government departments often lack insight into what drives cost in individual activities that make up an overall end-to-end service.

www.nao.org.uk

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Aug 13

Very good report from Transport Select Committee on buses out today - lots of read across to recent @nao.org.uk work on local bus services in the findings on funding, support and guidance to the sector, and clearly communicating long-term strategic ambitions for buses
nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...

England’s buses: more ambition needed to undo a decade of decline and get bums back on seats, Transport Committee tells Govt - Committees - UK Parliament

A new Transport Committee report calls on the Government to reform the way local bus services are funded and to adopt a national ambition for a minimum level of public transport connectivity. Thi...

committees.parliament.uk

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fascinating Public Accounts Committee session today on local bus services in England, drawing on our recent @nao.org.uk report

Discussion covered important areas such as improving performance for passengers, accessibility, funding, and skills in the sector

Video 👇
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · Jun 27

A new @nao.org.uk report shows local bus services have not recovered to pre-Covid levels. Read our full response tinyurl.com/yryby6uf

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Jun 27

Good work by @jonnymood.bsky.social & the NAO

A clear strategy, long term & simplified revenue funding, capital investment to get buses out of traffic and make them a better option than driving + support for local authorities all crucial in providing more people access to decent bus services.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 27

Buses are the most used form of public transport but passengers have seen services reduce and the commercial viability of the sector has weakened. Financial pressures on local authorities have led many to scale back their transport planning and delivery capacity.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Local bus services in England still declining despite investment – report

National Audit Office questions viability of many routes, with half of all operator income from public subsidy

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Ableman @freewheeling.info · Jun 26

As director of the National Audit Office, @jonnymood.bsky.social is able to bust so many myths about what value for money means. Is a failure automatically poor value? NO!

I write about this on Freewheeling Bitesize. If you're inspired, listen!

Most failures aren’t failures. Unlearned lessons are.

We tend to think the National Audit Office will criticise projects that don’t succeed as a waste of public money.

freewheelingbitesize.substack.com

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National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · Jun 26

“It's fine when you're swinging big to have a few misses in a controlled environment”.

Jonny Mood appeared on the Freewheeling podcast to discuss why the public sector shouldn't be afraid to fail - as long as it's willing to learn from failures.

Listen here ⤵️

Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Jun 26

I had great time talking to the ever excellent @freewheeling.info podcast about @nao.org.uk work on innovation, transport and our value for money work more generally

You can take a listen to what we talked about in the link below

www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...

Jonny Mood on Value for Money — Freewheeling

“It's fine when you're swinging big to have a few misses in a controlled environment” - 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 making it very clear that it’s fine for public sector organisa...

www.freewheeling.info

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Jun 26

I had great time talking to the ever excellent @freewheeling.info podcast about @nao.org.uk work on innovation, transport and our value for money work more generally

You can take a listen to what we talked about in the link below

www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...

Jonny Mood on Value for Money — Freewheeling

“It's fine when you're swinging big to have a few misses in a controlled environment” - 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 making it very clear that it’s fine for public sector organisa...

www.freewheeling.info

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 20

Private finance for public service is back. How do we learn the lessons of past issues here? We produced an @nao.org.uk report drawing together lessons from 140 NAO reports
on.ft.com/446gixl

UK government launches new wave of private financing for public services

Ministers insist infrastructure projects will avoid pitfalls of earlier PFI deals

on.ft.com

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Jun 18

Great report out today from @nao.org.uk- absolutely jam packed with insights from operational delivery across government, with some key lessons for departments and ALBs

as well as the report, there is a nice feature in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social as well
www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

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National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · Jun 18

We've drawn on a range of case studies from the DVLA, HMRC, Home Office and more, to understand how departments are innovating, adapting, and improving the way public services are delivered.

Read our latest report on smarter operational delivery here: www.nao.org.uk/insights/sma...

Take a whole system approach
Deal with complexity and uncertainty by understanding how different parts of the system connect and achieve outcomes for service users .

Understand and deal with demand
Design and run services in a way that provides people with what they want, when they want it, and get it right the first time.

Use information to improve
Work to understand how services are performing, and use that information to decide what to change, why, and how.

Have a systemic approach to innovation and improvement
Know where problems happen and if there are opportunities to improve.

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Jun 13

Productivity has been too low for too long

Improving it in the public sector will require applying new technologies, system reform, investing in upskilling people and operational delivery, and better maintaining assets

Lots in the @nao.org.uk back catalogue covering this and more to come in future

National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · Jun 13

Head of the NAO, Gareth Davies, spoke to BBC Radio 4's Rethink about how the public sector can measure, reform, and improve productivity.

Listen to the show here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · May 16

Wealthy individuals have complex tax affairs, which makes it more difficult for HMRC to identify the tax they owe.

HMRC has secured more of the tax due from wealthy people, however further gains are possible.

Read our report for more: www.nao.org.uk/reports/coll...

£5.2 billion in tax collected in 2023-24 as a result of HMRC's compliance work with wealthy individuals

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · May 15

@ukri.org plays a critical role, supporting cutting-edge work that helps support progress in many policy areas

But what does its approach to teach us about how to promote innovation across government?

My @nao.org.uk colleague discusses key insights from our work in @wonkhe.bsky.social 👇

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · May 14

NEW on Wonkhe: Charles Nancarrow sets out what the NAO’s review of UKRI’s grant support tells us about the government’s wider ambitions for innovation buff.ly/VXsePw3

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · May 14

Government sees research and innovation as vital to achieving its long-term policy goals of growing the economy and achieving net zero

@nao.org.uk has looked at how @ukri.org - which spends £9bn a year - can use well-managed risk taking to maximise vfm

Report 👉 www.nao.org.uk/reports/uk-r...

UK Research and Innovation: providing support through grants - NAO report

UKRI should strengthen its approach to taking bolder decisions and address data challenges to maximise value for money for the taxpayer.

www.nao.org.uk

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our latest @nao.org.uk report looks at the water sector

Regulators have failed to deliver a trusted, resilient water sector

Gov needs to act urgently to address industry performance and resilience to ensure the sector can meet targets and achieve vfm over the long term for bill payers

National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · Apr 25

Government & regulators have failed to drive sufficient investment in the water sector.

Unprecedented investment is now needed to urgently address low consumer trust, and poor environmental and financial performance.

Read our report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/regu...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zm3...

Regulating the water sector for investment and outcomes

YouTube video by National Audit Office

www.youtube.com

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Mar 27

It was a real pleasure to talk about @nao.org.uk work on active travel at WEET forum last week

And to hear about the progress made by @ategov.bsky.social over last 2 years.

I highlighted some of our findings on strategy, funding, realising the benefits

Few words on LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/rtsxj7nx

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Adam Terry @adamterryfgf.bsky.social · Mar 25

Interesting report out today from @nao.org.uk, looking over 140 previous publications for lessons learned on using private finance for infrastructure (hot topic in a world of constrained public finances).

Lots chimes with our @futuregovforum.bsky.social work.

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www.nao.org.uk/reports/less...

Lessons learned: Private finance for infrastructure - NAO report

The aim of this National Audit Office report is to support public bodies as they consider how to finance new public infrastructure.

www.nao.org.uk

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Mar 25

What should government decision-makers consider as they develop plans for new infrastructure investment?

Our latest @nao.org.uk draws out key considerations for decision makers - important reading for anyone involved in delivering or financing infrastructure projects

www.nao.org.uk/reports/less...

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Mar 20

Pleasure to join @jonnymood.bsky.social at this event.

NAO's report on active travel in England from 2023 is a must read: www.nao.org.uk/reports/acti...

Jonny's presentation (and that report) included this useful illustration of active travel's benefit & relevance across government depts

Graphic headed: Benefits delivered through increased participation in active travel

The Department for Transport (DfT) expects increased participation in active travel to result in beneficial outcomes for nine government departments

The benefits are below, with the linked departments in brackets:
- increase physical activity (DHSC and DCMS)
- improve physical and mental health (DHSC)
- reduce car dependency (DfT and DESNZ)
- reduce the carbon footprint of transport and help meet the UK's climate goals (DfT and DESNZ)
- improve air quality and reduce noise pollution (DfT, Defra and DHSC)
- reduce unemployment and improve productivity (HMT, DLUHC and DWP)
- improve access to local service, training and jobs (DfT, DWP and DfE)
- increase footfall to local shops and businesses (DfT and DLUHC)

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Mar 19

Looking forward to speaking at this event on active travel

I'll talk about @nao.org.uk work on active travel and chair a discussion with a fab range of speakers including from @ategov.bsky.social @walk21.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social

www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/conference/A...

Active Travel 25

Next steps for active travel in England

www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Mar 14

Mega-projects can bring enormous benefits, but to get to that value government needs to successfully steer what are often costly, innovative, risky, complex and strategically important projects

How can government do better than its track record?

Very timely @nao.org.uk lessons learned report 👇

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Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social · Mar 13

This seems spot on. The @nao.org.uk found cyber threat is severe and advancing quickly. There are too few specialists which is holding back gov's ability to address significant gaps in cyber resilience

Our recommendations aim to help gov catch-up to this acute threat
www.nao.org.uk/reports/gove...

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