The New Statesman
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National Audit Office ( NAO ) is the body that scrutinises public spending.
At its head is Gareth Davies , the chief bean-counter of the Exchequer .
The NAO may not be a household name but the reports it produces often become headlines.
Davies has the difficult job of pointing out that the government could save 20bn a year through better governance without implying that this is a criticism of the people doing the governing.
NAO ’s work on the “VIP lanes’ for certain suppliers during that time the contracts given to people with access to ministers and the tens of billions lost to fraud and error was a trustworthy and impartial source during a febrile time.
NAO audited HMRC’Gratuitous waste’ where something has just been done shoddily, when it clearly hasn’t been a priority.
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