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PAC says government flying blind on struggling council finances
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- 19 Mar 2025
As the local audit crisis continues, the Public Accounts Committee warns government accounts are not focused sufficiently on long-term financial risks posed by climate change, rising health spending and geopolitical tensions.
Hundreds of local government bodies receive disclaimed audit opinions
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- 17 Mar 2025
The impact of the latest backstop date has become clear as auditors were unable to provide substantive assurance on more than 200 accounts of local government bodies for the 2023-24 financial year.
Whole government response essential to local authorities’ financial sustainability
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- 03 Mar 2025
Pressured public services and repeated delays to reform the funding system are contributing to local authorities’ finances becoming unsustainable, National Audit Office (NAO) report warns.
Parliamentary committee urges clarification on local audit overhaul
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- 16 Jan 2025
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee welcomes steps to fix broken local audit system, but urges clarification on the remit of the proposed Local Audit Office.
Public funds fraud cost taxpayers £81bn, NAO says
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- 04 Dec 2024
The National Audit Office outlines the impact of fraud and error on public funds, how public bodies can tackle fraud and error and the NAO’s efforts to reduce the impact of fraud.
Spending watchdog disclaims government’s accounts
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- 03 Dec 2024
For the first time ever, the National Audit Office disclaims the whole of government accounts due to severe backlogs in English local authority audits.
How to prepare for an external audit in local government
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- 03 Dec 2024
The mounting backlog in the publication of audited council accounts has shone the spotlight on external audit processes in local government.
FRC’s local audit review marks stop-gap amid recovery
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- 21 Nov 2024
With trimmed-down scope in the light of efforts to reset local audit, the latest FRC report confirms that the regulator's pause on routine inspections will now cover audits up to the end of FY23/24.
‘Cultural shift’ needed across government, NAO warns
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- 12 Nov 2024
Focus must be placed on securing long-term value for money if the government is to use the planning and spending framework to improve productivity and efficiency, public spending watchdog says.
NAO: how process disruption impacts laying of accounts
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- 26 Sep 2024
Debbie Edwards, a Senior Audit Manager in the National Audit Office’s Financial Audit Practice and Quality Team, explains how elections and the pandemic impacted the timing of the laying of accounts.
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