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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.
Influencing policy to support you: August 2024
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- 28 Aug 2024
Parliament may be in recess, but ICAEW remains busy preparing for the launch of new legislation on audit reform, the Budget and the political party conference season.
Councils risk making decisions based on inaccurate information, warns Audit Wales chief
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- 01 Aug 2024
The Auditor General for Wales is “concerned” as councils found to provide limited information to help senior leaders understand service users’ views and outcomes.
Audit reform, local audit and business rates: ICAEW’s priorities for Labour
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- 05 Jul 2024
With a clear mandate to govern, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party must take swift action to encourage growth and investment, says ICAEW.
Share your ideas on boosting use of local government accounts
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- 05 Jun 2024
ICAEW and CIPFA are calling for papers describing ways in which local government accounts can be better used to improve accountability and effectiveness.
£80bn fall in net worth of local authorities since 2021
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- 15 May 2024
Report by the National Institute of Economic Social Research points to rising interest rates driving a growing cost of debt at local authorities.
National level structural barriers impact local authorities, report says
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- 09 May 2024
DLUHC’s assessment finds that local and national systems for delivering public services are not currently designed to facilitate joined up working across government.
From PwC to public service: Lynn Pamment CBE
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- 17 Apr 2024
The former PwC partner and now Jersey’s Comptroller and Auditor General on why tackling the local audit crisis hinges on audit firm leaders valuing the public sector audit discipline better.
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