Commission’s national counter-fraud function will go to safe hands
The counter-fraud function at the Audit Commission will transfer, upon the Commission’s closedown at the end of March 2015, to a new public sector ‘Counter Fraud Centre’ to be established by the...
View ArticleDCLG opts for the Local Government Association to manage the Audit...
After the Audit Commission closes at the end of March 2015, contracts for audit services will be managed by an independent, private company to be created by the Local Government Association (LGA).
View ArticleCommission gives back £8 million to audited bodies
The Audit Commission has agreed an immediate rebate of £8 million to be distributed across local audited bodies.
View ArticleNot to be rubbished, £464 million: the potential savings by the highest...
‘Local authority waste management: Using data from the Value for Money (VFM) Profiles’, shows that spending on, and levels of, waste managed by councils have reduced nationally since 2009/10. Up to a...
View Article2014/15 work programme and scales of fees confirmed
The 2014/15 work programme and scales of fees are now available, alongside the lists of fees for individual bodies. A summary of the responses to our consultation on the work programme and fees is also...
View ArticleThe Audit Commission’s legacy includes a further 25 per cent reduction in...
The Audit Commission anticipates a further reduction of up to 25 per cent for annual audit fees paid by all local public bodies starting from 2015/16. This is the result of a successful retendering of...
View ArticleAudit Commission response to the consultation on a draft Transparency Code...
The Audit Commission has responded to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation on the draft Transparency Code for parish councils with a turnover not exceeding £25,000....
View ArticleCan local government’s £2.5 billion ‘surplus’ assets be put to better use?
In 2012/13, the local government estate was worth an estimated £169.8 billion (net book value [NBV]). Although the value of the estate has shrunk by nearly a third since 2004/05, the Audit Commission...
View ArticleThe National Fraud Initiative finds £229 million of fraud, overpayment and error
In its final report as part of the Audit Commission, the National Fraud Initiative's sophisticated data matching exercise has identified a further £229 million of fraud, overpayment or error in...
View ArticleCommission calls for improved quality and accuracy in grant and subsidy...
78 per cent of councils’ claims to the grant-paying body for housing benefit subsidies for 2012/13 were challenged by the Audit Commission’s appointed auditors[1]. Auditors issued a qualification...
View ArticleCommission’s national counter-fraud function will go to safe hands
The counter-fraud function at the Audit Commission will transfer, upon the Commission’s closedown at the end of March 2015, to a new public sector ‘Counter Fraud Centre’ to be established by the...
View ArticleDCLG opts for the Local Government Association to manage the Audit...
After the Audit Commission closes at the end of March 2015, contracts for audit services will be managed by an independent, private company to be created by the Local Government Association (LGA).
View ArticleCommission gives back £8 million to audited bodies
The Audit Commission has agreed an immediate rebate of £8 million to be distributed across local audited bodies.
View ArticleNot to be rubbished, £464 million: the potential savings by the highest...
‘Local authority waste management: Using data from the Value for Money (VFM) Profiles’, shows that spending on, and levels of, waste managed by councils have reduced nationally since 2009/10. Up to a...
View Article2014/15 work programme and scales of fees confirmed
The 2014/15 work programme and scales of fees are now available, alongside the lists of fees for individual bodies. A summary of the responses to our consultation on the work programme and fees is also...
View ArticleThe Audit Commission’s legacy includes a further 25 per cent reduction in...
The Audit Commission anticipates a further reduction of up to 25 per cent for annual audit fees paid by all local public bodies starting from 2015/16. This is the result of a successful retendering of...
View ArticleAudit Commission response to the consultation on a draft Transparency Code...
The Audit Commission has responded to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation on the draft Transparency Code for parish councils with a turnover not exceeding £25,000....
View ArticleCan local government’s £2.5 billion ‘surplus’ assets be put to better use?
In 2012/13, the local government estate was worth an estimated £169.8 billion (net book value [NBV]). Although the value of the estate has shrunk by nearly a third since 2004/05, the Audit Commission...
View ArticleThe National Fraud Initiative finds £229 million of fraud, overpayment and error
In its final report as part of the Audit Commission, the National Fraud Initiative's sophisticated data matching exercise has identified a further £229 million of fraud, overpayment or error in...
View ArticleCommission calls for improved quality and accuracy in grant and subsidy...
78 per cent of councils’ claims to the grant-paying body for housing benefit subsidies for 2012/13 were challenged by the Audit Commission’s appointed auditors[1]. Auditors issued a qualification...
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