Picture of Gareth Davies, the head of the National Audit Office. Text: C&AG Annual Speech 2026
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, gives his annual speech in Parliament today.
He calls for a step change in government financial management, and sets out four fundamentals in improving value for money.
Follow along 👇🧵
@jacattell.bsky.social please can you share for one gov network? Thanks 😊
We’re holding a short discussion event on 22 October at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Sign up via the link 😊
Can we make our work more valuable to you?
As part of the NAO’s ambitious strategy, we’re seizing every chance to drive public sector improvement
We’re particularly keen to hear how our work can be more valuable for those working in the civil service and public sector
forms.office.com/e/S1122bVycS
Prob the next 2/3 years will tell if we succeeded! And I know the team will be open to feedback on the webinar and application process if you do apply 😊
It was a privilege to be able to give communities lottery players’ money. Me and my jobshare were focused on improving outcomes for communities. Think we set them up for rolling out improved experience for applicants and access to learning for everyone in the future.
This is my old team - was it helpful?
Ytirëv - an Easter speciality drink - best served cold over ice…
Update from a jeweller: Verity weissbart have offered us generally around 25% of the retail value if they have the certificates, which is about what I expected. I also usually advise people to scrap the metal but keep the diamond, and they could use it later
So not much info - seems like scrap value. No particular recommendations so best just to google and take it a round a couple of certified diamond buyers.
Children’s centres, weight loss interventions for families, not an intervention but “every child matters” concept and culture long outlasted attempts to create a new set of priorities
Fab. I’ll ask and come back to you
So you’ll prob only get the value of the scrap metal unless the gems are certified. I can ask some friends (the place I know in Brighton isn’t taking non trade customers)
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Ooo seeing lots of Edu folk moving over which is exciting - hi everyone
Oreo milkshake highly recommended by a baby bear
One for @radiobeartime.com 🐻
Yes - this is a really good conversation to have!
Confession - rejects the teams update until it stops giving me the choice 🙋♀️
And I was right - now can’t plug in my headphones and it turned all my screen adjustments off and defaults to a phone call 🤦♀️
Hope you’re feeling better!
So sad that brilliant and influential individuals become anonymous in the civil service - probably all public services? It also felt odd to shout about the good news or even the catastrophes that were avoided or fixed. One to think how we can do more on as so critical to learn as teams and orgs
Any
@educationgovuk
schools service people? Customer feedback - it’s impossible to find schools and colleges with 6th form offer on the schools search - please can you fix it?
Jeweller 🙄
You can ask your jewellery to reuse old gold (doesn’t save £ as there’s a lot of labour to reshape gold) and you can buy recycled eco gold as a base metal (most of wholesale) ✨
Ps the multiple apps and websites for homework for kids - is a user nightmare. Esp those with any additional needs.
Anyone working on the school
Digital procurement portal? BromCom is terrible - always breaking for kids, schools and/or parents - is there a way to feedback they are an unreliable service or hold them to account?
Misty Shower screen with “like cheese” written on it
That’s great news - being at home is so much better 💓
