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NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Close to breaking – the dire state of local audit
By Mike Newbury | 27 June 2023
The effects of the local audit backlog are no longer containable, writes Mike Newbury.
WHITEHALL
Legality of severance payment guidance questioned
By Dan Peters | 26 June 2023
The Local Government Association (LGA) has questioned the legality of statutory guidance governin...
WHITEHALL
MPs call for urgent audit action
By Mark Whitehead | 22 June 2023
MPs have called for urgent action over an ‘unacceptably high’ backlog of local government audits.
WHITEHALL
'No progress' on devolution to London
By Dan Peters | 21 June 2023
The capital appears to have ‘taken a step backwards’ on devolution, a former chair of London Coun...
PENSIONS
Assessing councils' wealth health
By Dan Bates | 20 June 2023
In the wake of two huge fiscal failures for the sector, Dan Bates sets out how the financial heal...
SOLACE
The truth about council failures
By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2023
As the sorry saga of financial failures at the likes of Woking BC and Thurrock Council continues ...
AUDIT
Audit and governance is the conscience of the council
By Adele Taylor | 13 June 2023
The remit of the audit and governance committee is much more than the debits and credits of the s...
BUSINESS
Consequences would be 'unfair' for late accounts submission
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2023
Introducing consequences for councils that fail to publish their accounts by the end of May deadl...
AUDIT
Active travel hampered by 'low capability and ambition'
By Mark Whitehead | 07 June 2023
Council leaders have defended active travel measures after auditors found more than half of counc...
FINANCE
Auditors should push ahead with accounts sign off, says NAO head
By Martin Ford | 06 June 2023
‘Unpalatable but necessary options’ should be considered to clear the local audit backlog, the he...
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